Fourteen large transit projects in 11 states could receive nearly $4 billion in federal construction funding as part of President Biden’s fiscal 2025 Budget Request to Congress.
The Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) $3.6 billion Red Line Extension (RLE) project has been recommended to receive $350 million in 2025.
The CTA’s RLE project would extend the Red Line 5.6 miles to the Far South Side of Chicago and is one of three projects in the nation that is being proposed in the 2025 federal grant pipeline, which was recommended in prior budgets but has not yet entered into a construction grant agreement.
Last year, the CTA was notified that it was in line for more than $1.9 billion in critical grant funding needed to build the project. CTA then began the “Engineering” phase of the project, which included further design and engineering. It also identified the federal grant dollars CTA can receive for the project once the engineering phase is completed and approved by FTA.
The project’s engineering phase is expected to continue this year, and CTA anticipates a Full Funding Grant Agreement by the end of 2024, subject to federal review and approvals.
