11 Transit Projects Share $743 Million in Stimulus Aid

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has said that it is allocating $742.5 million in economic-stimulus funds to speed construction of 11 transit projects in nine states.

The DOT plan, announced on May 7, distributes funds to projects for which the Federal Transit Administration has multi-year, full-funding grant agreements. The aid, contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, doesn't represent an increase in DOT's total funds for the projects, but gets anticipated federal money to the transit agencies sooner than expected and allows work to proceed more rapidly.

The ARRA measure provides a total of $8.4 billion for FTA capital assistance.

The FTA allotments are:

Arizona: Central Phoenix/East Valley light rail: $36 million

California: Los Angeles Metro Gold Line extension: $66.7 million

Colorado: Denver West Corridor Light Rail: $40 million

New York: Long Island Rail Road East Side Access: $195.4 million

New York: Second Avenue Subway Phase I: $78.9 million

Oregon: Portland South Corridor light rail: $32 million

Oregon: Springfield Pioneer Parkway bus rapid transit: $2.9 Million

Texas: Dallas Northwest/Southeast light rail: $78.4 million

Salt Lake City Mid Jordan light rail: $90.9 Million

Virginia: Dulles Corridor Metrorail extension: $77.3 Million

Washington: Seattle light rail extension: $44 Million

Tom Ichniowski has been writing about the federal government as ENR’s Washington Bureau Chief since the George H.W. Bush administration, and he has covered at least five major highway bills. A recognized expert on government policy on infrastructure and regulation, Tom is also a Baltimore native and Orioles fan who grew up rooting for Brooks and Frank Robinson. He is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia’s graduate school of journalism, where he once used “unrelentless” in a headline.

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