THUD allocates $56.5 billion to fund transportation

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development passed $56.5 billion legislation to fund its programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, including several allocations for rail.

 

The bill’s rail distributions include $1.7 billion for the Federal Railroad Administration, $76 million above FY 2016 enacted level; $525 million for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants, $25 million above FY 2016 enacted level; $2.3 billion for Capital Investment Grants (New Starts, $161 million above FY 2016 enacted level; Amtrak: will receive $345 million for the Northeast Corridor and $1.075 billion for the National Network, total $30 million above FY 2016 enacted levels and new passenger rail grant programs created under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, $50 million for Consolidation Rail and Infrastructure and Improvement grants, $20 million for State of Good Repair grants and $15 million for Restoration and Enhancement grants.

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