Additional TIGER grants announced in six states and District of Columbia

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $53.7 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants that will help rail projects in six states and District of Columbia.

 

In California, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $10.25 million to improve the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, which will lengthen the Blue Line platform, link existing rail, bike and bus facilities and enhance pedestrian and car access. Additionally, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will receive $1 million for the San Francisco Bay Area Core Capacity Transit Study, which will evaluate and prioritize transit investment strategies to prepare for continued growth in the region.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will see $5.8 million for improvements and repairs to a rail corridor traveling through Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties. The project will rehabilitate portions of a 52-mile rail corridor to allow for the operation of 286,000-pound rail cars along its length, including the installation of new rail, the rehabilitation of four highway-grade crossings and roadway resurfacing. NCDOT will also receive $200,000 for the Piedmont Study, a multimodal corridor study to improve transit connections and multimodal linkages along the Carolinian and Piedmont rail lines.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will receive $20 million for its Ruggles Station Modernization project, which includes construction of a new platform between the Ruggles Station headhouse and Northeastern University’s Columbus Avenue parking garage.

In Rhode Island, the city of Providence will receive $13 million for the Providence Streetcar project, which will construct a new urban circulator that will connect Rhode Island’s two largest employment hubs to downtown and nearby neighborhoods.

In Arizona, the city of Phoenix will receive $1.6 million for its Central Phoenix Multimodal Transportation Improvement Plan, which includes an environmental assessment and conceptual engineering for the South Central Transit Corridor, a five-mile light-rail line operating on Central Avenue between downtown and Baseline Road.

In Tennessee, the city of Chattanooga will receive $400,000 for its Rail Transit Implementation Plan, which will evaluate the feasibility of using 21 miles of freight rail infrastructure for passenger service and look to establish an implementation strategy for a 23-mile passenger rail system in the city.

In the District of Columbia, the District Department of Transportation will receive $2.8 million for Long Bridge NEPA Documentation, which would prepare for the long-term replacement of the CSX-owned Long Bridge over the Patomac River.

 

 

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