Project Grant PR2023013
- The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $40,775,614 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (Section 5307) to provide operating assistance and preventive maintenance for the Tren Urbano heavy rail system in Puerto Rico. The grant funds will cover eligible preventive maintenance expenses and payroll costs from January 2022 through September 2025. As the prime...
- The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $5.19 million Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration on May 30, 2023 to complete the upgrade and modernization of the automatic fare collection system for the Tren Urbano heavy rail system in Puerto Rico by September 30, 2029. The funding supports the acquisition, delivery, and installation of gates and vending machines needed to advance the modernization under the Federal Transit Formula Grants...
- The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority was awarded a $1,706,324 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.527). The grant funding will be used to rehabilitate a concession space in the Rio Piedras station to serve as a project office for overseeing and managing the permanent repairs to the Tren Urbano facilities and electrification system. Key activities covered by...
- The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority received a $913,430 Project Grant award under the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.527) on September 23, 2024. The purpose of the grant is to provide permanent repairs for the Alternativa de Transporte Integrado - Tren Urbano (ATI-TU) heavy rail system due to damages caused by Hurricane Maria. Key activities include the rehabilitation of the retention pond at the operations and...
- The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $1.5 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on September 17, 2021. The funding will support the development of Puerto Rico's 2050 Multimodal Long Range Transportation Plan to ensure compliance with applicable federal requirements for regional and urbanized area transportation planning. Specifically,...
- The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $2.4 million project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to support transportation planning activities from August 9, 2022 through March 30, 2030. Specifically, the grant will fund comprehensive transportation studies, complete streets plans, and feasibility analyses for 13...
- The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority was awarded a $120,281,448 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.527). The grant will fund permanent repairs to the Alternativa de Transporte Integrado - Tren Urbano (ATI-TU) heavy rail system, including the electrification system, operations and administration building, and 16 rail stations, which were damaged by Hurricane...
- The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $1,845,426 project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will fund planning activities to collect and analyze data on public transit services in Puerto Rico's small urbanized areas and non-urbanized areas from September 2022 through March 2030. Specifically, the PRHTA will gather, summarize, and report...
- The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $1.12 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA #20.526) to fund capital projects for public transportation in four municipalities. Specifically, the grant will fund the acquisition of accessible vehicles, computer hardware and software, and design and engineering work for a...
- The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority received a $14.7 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 30, 2023. The grant funding will support operational expenses from September 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028 for the Puerto Rico Integrated Transportation Authority to help respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the grant funds will...
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $5.2 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program to support capital projects for Puerto Rico's integrated transportation system. The May 2023 award provides funding through March 2029 for engineering and technical oversight of the Tren Urbano heavy rail system, including $3 million for subject matter experts and $2 million to reengineer automatic train control equipment. Additional funds will replace obsolete data center cooling systems ($164k) and purchase computers ($24k) to aid oversight activities. As the sole recipient, PRHTA will deliver the planned engineering, equipment replacement, and technology projects to enhance public transportation effectiveness and maintain critical infrastructure assets.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $5.2m | 5/30/23 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
079ACTS | Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority | Project Grant PR2023013 | $5.2m | 5/30/23 |