USA: The Department of Transportation has announced the award of more than $233m from the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair programme for 11 projects to improve inter-city passenger rail services in eight states.
| Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair programme grants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| California | San Diego Rail Optimisation & Resilience Programme | $27·3m | San Diego Association of Governments |
| Connecticut | Connecticut River Bridge Replacement Project | $65·2m | Amtrak |
| Connecticut | New Haven Line Power Programme Phase I | $20m | Connecticut Department of Transportation |
| Illinois | Chicago Union Station Concourse Improvement Project | $3m | Amtrak |
| Maryland | Final Design for Phase 1 of the Susquehanna River Bridge Replacement | $20m | Amtrak |
| Massachusetts | South Elm Street Bridge Replacement Project | $7·6m | Massachusetts Bay Area Transportation Authority |
| Michigan | Michigan Accelerated Rail Bridge Reconstruction Project | $1·5m | Michigan Department of Transportation |
| New Jersey | Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project | $45m | Amtrak |
| New York | East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Enabling Components | $10·7m | Amtrak |
| New York | Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement Project | $4·5m | Amtrak |
| New York | Rhinecliff Station High Level Platform, Vertical Circulation & Interlocking Project | $28·2m | New York State Department of Transportation |
‘Americans rely on inter-city passenger rail to travel, get to work, and visit loved ones’, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on August 18. ‘The Partnership Programme improves upon this safe, affordable, and environmentally-friendly mode of transportation and brings us closer to delivering the world-class passenger service Americans deserve.’
The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, has expanded the funding and scope of FRA’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grant programme, with $7·2bn/year available for the next five years for work to establish or expand inter-city passenger services or improve existing ones.
