The woods hole marthas vineyard and nantucket steamship authority (SSA) provides ferry service to the islands of nantucket and marthas vineyard and has undertaken the purchase of used vessels which…

Ended Formula Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
MA2023024
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$34,681,404

Award facts

Assistance listing
20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants
Completion date
Originally
Funding
  • $27,745,123.00 Federal
  • $6,936,281.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Massachusetts, USA

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Description

Activities
Preventive maintenance rebuild and overhaul services as required to convert up to four offshore supply vessels to passenger service. During the course of this conversion all changes required to make the vessels fully handicapped accessible as required to meet ADA requirements will be completed. The vessels currently have elevators to manage on-board movement from deck to deck and access to the vessels is via ramp systems that are part of dock-side services which already exist at all steamship authority terminals.
Expected outcomes
The expected outcome of this project is to replace older vessels which have become unreliable with rebuilt vessels converted specifically for the purpose of providing passenger and freight service resulting in a more reliable service for the passengers to the islands.
Intended beneficiaries
Commuter passengers island residents and tourists who visit the islands or use the ferry service as a life-line back and forth to the islands.
Subrecipient activities
The woods hole marthas vineyard and nantucket steamship authority (SSA) is a subrecipient of the cape COD regional transit authority and will be the only subrecipient for this project. A large percentage of the project funds will be spent on work subcontracted to shipyards equipped to manage vessels of this size however none of these will be considered subrecipients. The work being performed will include conversion modification reactivation and preventive maintenance activities to extend the useful life of these vessels.

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment $0 $0
Amendment $5,493,223 $1,373,306
Original award $22,251,900 $5,562,975

Quick answers

Who received award MA2023024?

MA2023024 was awarded to Cape Cod Regional Transit Auth by Federal Transit Administration (Department of Transportation) on July 13, 2023.

How much is award MA2023024 worth?

$34,681,404 has been obligated on MA2023024: $27,745,123 in federal funding and $6,936,281 in non-federal funding.

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