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Capital Assistance to States – Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program
To establish a long–term partnership between States and the Federal Government to support intercity passenger rail, the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Budget proposed, and the United States Congress enacted (as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008) the Capital Assistance to States – Intercity Passenger Rail Service Program. The program increases the States’ role in intercity passenger rail development by establishing the first-ever Federal-State partnership for intercity passenger rail investment along the model of those that currently exist for other modes of transportation such as for highways, airports, and transit systems.
Following the completion of a competitive evaluation of proposals submitted by 22 individual States, on September 30, 2008, Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced the selection of recipients of the $30 million in available FY 2008 funding.
The President’s FY 2009 Budget proposed to continue funding for this program at a level of $100 million. In addition, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) authorizes through fiscal year 2013, an analogous program that provides capital assistance to States for intercity passenger rail service - the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR).
FY 2008 Grant Recipients
| State | Project Description | FRA Program Share | Matching Funds from Other Sources | Total Project Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Arizona |
$1,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
|
|
California |
Double Track Construction, San Joaquin Corridor, Kings Park, CA |
$5,000,000 |
$13,500,000 |
$18,500,000 |
|
Illinois |
Centralized Traffic Control and Cab Signals System Installation, Joliet to Mazonia, IL |
$1,550,000 |
$1,980,912 |
$3,530,912 |
|
Illinois |
Cab Signal System Installation, Mazonia to Ridgeley (Springfield), IL |
$1,850,000 |
$1,850,000 |
$3,700,000 |
|
Maine |
$500,000 |
$858,330 |
$1,358,330 |
|
|
Midwest States |
Midwest Regional Rail Initiative Alternatives Analysis and Planning (awarded through Wisconsin) |
$297,000 |
$297,000 |
$594,000 |
|
Minnesota |
Twin Cites-Duluth High-Speed Rail Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
$1,100,000 |
$1,100,000 |
$2,200,000 |
|
Missouri |
Passing Track Construction and Preliminary Engineering, St. Louis - Kansas City Corridor |
$3,292,684 |
$5,000,000 |
$8,292,684 |
|
New York |
Albany Station Track and Signal Improvements Design and Engineering |
$1,250,000 |
$1,250,000 |
$2,500,000 |
|
Ohio |
Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati Planning and Alternatives Analysis |
$62,500 |
$62,500 |
$125,000 |
|
Vermont |
$581,775 |
$581,775 |
$1,163,550 |
|
|
Vermont |
One-Mile Rail Replacement and 4 Bridge Re-deckings, Vermonter Route |
$450,000 |
$450,000 |
$900,000 |
|
Virginia |
Third Track Construction and Interlocking Reconfiguration Preliminary Engineering |
$2,000,000 |
$11,475,276 |
$13,475,276 |
|
Washington |
Point Defiance Bypass Design, Engineering, and Right-of-Way, D to M Street Tacoma |
$6,000,000 |
$20,606,000 |
$26,606,000 |
|
Wisconsin |
$5,022,968 |
$5,022,968 |
$10,045,936 |