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...
This $17,607,429 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program will fund operating assistance and protective measures for the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and Tren Urbano rail system through March 2024. The grant to PRHTA on November 9, 2021 utilizes CARES Act funding to address COVID-19 impacts by securing supplies and implementing controls to protect transit...
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $4,042,546 project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.527) on April 22, 2021. The award will fund engineering design for all stations and the acquisition and installation of a variable message signs (VMS) system for fifteen stations on Puerto Rico's Tren Urbano heavy rail system through March 30, 2024. The...
This $1,706,324 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.527) will fund the rehabilitation of a concession space at the Rio Piedras station to serve as the major capital project office for overseeing and managing the rehabilitation of the Tren Urbano facilities and electrification system in Puerto Rico. Key activities include permits, construction, acquisition of furniture and...
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 and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $4.3 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The award will fund capital projects and operating expenses for transit systems in five municipalities and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus through January 2031. Specific activities to be supported by sub-awards to the municipalities of Naguabo,...
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $447,070 project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (Section 5307) on September 17, 2021. The grant utilizes Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to support planning and capital projects for the municipalities of Gurabo, Corozal, and Las Piedras through March 31, 2032. As the designated recipient, PRHTA will oversee subawards to...
The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority received a $3,296,156 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration on May 28, 2024. The grant funds will be used for capital investments and operational assistance to support public transportation services in the municipalities of Luquillo, Patillas, and Salinas. Key activities include: Rehabilitation of transit terminals to improve infrastructure and provide better...
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 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...