The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) received a $2,099,151 project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to upgrade the transfer bridge lifting systems at Jamestown Landing Ferry. The grant award, issued on September 9, 2022 with a completion date of January 31, 2026, will replace the existing horizontal hydraulic cylinder cable-lift system with a safer vertical hydraulic cylinder...
The Virginia Department of Transportation received a $591,483 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on March 18, 2021 under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funds will support Surry County's replacement of five dolphin piles at the Jamestown Scotland Ferry terminal and installation of rub aprons on the replaced dolphins. Specifically, the project entails removing and replacing three 37-pile dolphins (#16, #17, #26) and two...
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) received a $58,682,958 Formula Grant for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to support public transportation infrastructure and services in rural Virginia. This funding will enable DRPT to provide operating assistance, capital investments, and mobility management for over 30 local transit agencies, planning organizations, and non-profit providers across the state. Key activities include purchasing replacement...
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation has been awarded a $56,913,142 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). This grant will fund operating assistance, vehicle replacements and expansions, mobility management, facility and equipment upgrades, and other capital support for rural transit agencies across Virginia. The funding will enable...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $6,800,000 Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) project grant to the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands Division of Transportation, operating as the Public Works Department. The grant will fund the acquisition of a new 100-foot passenger ferry vessel capable of carrying approximately 300 passengers. The new ferry will be used on the federally designated Route 32M between the islands of St. Thomas...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $5,862,511 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The grant will fund the replacement of 34 less than 30-foot body on chassis buses and 4 vans for 11 rural transit agencies across 45 localities in rural southwest, central, and eastern Virginia. The new, clean and modern vehicles are expected to...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $273.4 million Project Grant to the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from July 2022 through December 2026. Funding will permit PRTC and its subrecipients, Virginia Railway Express and Fredericksburg Regional Transit, to continue bus and commuter rail services that would otherwise be reduced or eliminated due...
This Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) award of $11,584,637.00 to the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, doing business as Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), will fund a variety of capital improvement projects critical to maintaining transit service in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Key activities include the purchase of 22 replacement 29-ft buses, 12 expansion paratransit vans, 2 replacement forklifts, and 21 replacement...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,695,914 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.509) to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) to provide operating assistance for the Appalachian Area Agency on Aging's Rural Transit (ADTAP) program. The grant, awarded on April 26, 2024, will enable DRPT to support continued safe and effective operation of transit services for rural areas throughout Virginia. As the designated FTA funding recipient, DRPT acts as a pass-through...
The Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), provided a $16,987,001 formula grant award to Old Dominion Transit Management Co, doing business as GRTC Transit Systems, to fund capital purchases and operational support critical for delivering public transportation services in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. The grant award supports a range of activities, including the purchase of security equipment, shop equipment,...