| Rail-related projects receive $279 million in TIGER funds |
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| Friday, December 16, 2011 | |
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United States Department of Transportation awarded $511 million in TIGER III discretionary grants to 46 capital construction projects in 33 states, of which $279 million of funding will go to rail-related projects. Below is an overview, courtesy of the National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association, Inc.: Project/ Location/ Amount/ Type South Jersey Port DelAir Bridge Rail Improvements; New Jersey/Pennsylvania; $18,500,000; freight rail (port) Port of Long Beach Rail Realignment and Expansion; Long Beach, Calif.; $17,000,000, freight rail (port) Jacksonville Port/Dames Point Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (CSX served); Jacksonville, Fla.; $10,000,000; freight rail (port) Norfolk Southern Heartland Corridor Rutherford Intermodal Facility Expansion; Harrisburg, Pa.; $15,000,000; freight rail/intermodal facility/port Norfolk Southern Heartland Corridor Intermodal Facility; Prichard, W.Va.; $12,000,000; freight rail/intermodal facility/port Northern Montana Multimodal Hub/BNSF Rail Facility; Shelby, Mont.; $9,998,910; freight rail terminal/inland port Port of New Orleans Rail Yard Improvements; New Orleans, La.; $16,738,246; freight rail yard/port BNSF Freight Rail/Amtrak Empire Corridor Rail Line Raising; Devils Lake-Churchs Ferry, N.D.; $10,000,000; freight rail/intercity passenger rail Farmrail Freight Rail Oil and Gas Upgrade Anadarko; Basin, Okla.; $6,756,580; freight rail (short line) Solomon Rural Freight Rail Upgrade (Kyle Railroad/RailAmerica); North Central Kansas; $6,568,095; freight rail (shortline) Muldraugh Rail Bridges Replacement (Paducah & Louisville Railroad); Fort Knox, Ky.; $11,558,220; freight rail bridges (shortline) MBTA Merrimack River Rail Bridge Rehabilitation; Haverhill, Mass.; $10,000,000; commuter rail/intercity passenger rail/freight rail DART Orange Line Extension; Dallas, Texas; $5,000,000; rail transit CTA Blue Line Renewal & City Bike Share; Chicago, Ill.; $20,000,000; rail transit/bike LYNX Blue Line Capacity Expansion; Charlotte, N.C.; $18,000,000; rail transit/stations GCRTA Mayfield Transit Station; Cleveland, Ohio; $12,503,200; rail transit/stations Transit Interchange Construction/Target Field Light Rail Station; Minneapolis, Minn.; $10,000,000; rail transit/stations Sound Transit South Link Light Rail Construction; Seattle, Wash.; $10,000,000; rail transit/stations Regional Multimodal Transportation Station; Alton, Ill.; $13,850,000; station/bus/intercity passenger rail VIA Westside Multimodal Transit Center; San Antonio, Texas; $15,000,000; station/bus/streetcar/commuter rail Stamford Intermodal Access; Stamford, Conn.; $10,500,000; station/pedestrian/bus/commuter rail
Riverfront Streetcar Loop; Cincinnati, Ohio; $10,920,000; Streetcar |
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