The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this week announced the recipients of more than $302 million in grant funds under the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program to help repair and rehabilitate railroad infrastructure across the country.
The grants will fund 12 projects in nine states.
The Partnership Program funds capital projects to repair, replace, or rehabilitate publicly or Amtrak owned or controlled railroad assets, to reduce the state of good repair backlog, and improve intercity passenger rail performance. Eligible projects include upgrading infrastructure such as track, switches, bridges, passenger stations, and highway-rail grade crossings; and equipment, including passenger cars. The FY 2019 Partnership Program selections total approximately $302.6 million of the $396 million made available for grants under the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
FRA will make the remaining $93.4 million available with a Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY 2020 Partnership Program funds.
“This funding will go a long way in addressing passenger rail capital project needs in communities around the country,” FRA Administrator Ronald L. Batory said in a statement.
The FY 2019 Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program grant selections are as follows:
- California – Coastal Bluff Track Bed Stabilization and Seismic Improvements Project Up to $11,570,250
- California – Four Rural Rail Bridges/ Rehabilitation and Scour Mitigation Up to $6,750,000
- Connecticut – Walk Bridge Replacement Project (Opportunity Zone) Up to $29,900,000
- Illinois – Milwaukee North Line Interlocking Improvements Up to $12,482,600
- Maryland – Northeast Corridor Track A Winans to Bridge Improvement Project (Opportunity Zone) Up to $8,000,000
- Michigan – Kalamazoo-Dearborn Track and Signal Infrastructure Reliability Improvement Projects (Opportunity Zone) Up to $6,521,957
- New Jersey – Portal North Bridge Project (Opportunity Zone) Up to $55,100,000
- New Jersey – Reconstruction of Substation 41 (Opportunity Zone) Up to $36,408,410
- New York – MTA Penn Station Access - Hell Gate Line Catenary System Replacement (Opportunity Zone) Up to $30,000,000
- New York – MTA Long Island Rail Road – Penn Station Platform Improvements Up to $17,506,577
- North Carolina – Piedmont Intercity Fleet & Infrastructure Investments Project Phase II Up to $80,000,000
- Pennsylvania – Harrisburg Line Capacity Improvements: Upgrade of Track 2 from Glen Interlocking to Thorn Interlocking Up to $8,337,500
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SOURCE: Federal Railroad Administration
