Feds Announce $1.5 Billion for 19 Northeast Corridor Projects

November 15, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Railroad Administration announced nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the Northeast Corridor.

Funding made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which some call the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and administered through FRA’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program will further repair and replace vital NEC infrastructure to provide faster, safer, and more reliable service for travelers and commuters.

The announcement follows more than $16.4 billion in Fed-State NEC grants announced in 2023 for projects along the corridor, including the Gateway Program Hudson River Tunnel Project in New York and New Jersey, the Susquehanna River Bridge Replacement Program in Maryland, the Walk Bridge Replacement in Connecticut, and the New York Penn Station Access Project. Construction has started on all of these projects.

The NEC grants are a subset of the $66 billion announcement for America’s passenger rail network, which includes new high-speed rail services in the West to connect Southern California and Nevada and communities throughout California’s Central Valley, new and expanded passenger rail service to better connect the Southeast, restored service to connect multiple States across the Gulf Coast, and investments to grow rail networks in the Midwest further.

Projects in this round of selections will replace aging catenary structures susceptible to failures that contribute to travel delays, improve several signal systems necessary to increase capacity, operating speeds, and safety, and support planning activities to expand Washington Union Station in the Nation’s capital to reduce the state-of-good-repair backlog on the corridor further.

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