
FRA


Feds Ending $60 Million Grant for Texas High-Speed Rail Project
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an agreement between the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to terminate the $63.9 million grant awarded to Amtrak under the Corridor Identification and Development Program for the Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor, previously known as the Texas Central Railway project.


Trump Nominates David Fink Federal Railroad Administration Administrator
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated David Fink as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Trump said Fink, a fifth generation railroader and the former president of Pan Am Railways, will bring his more than 45 years of transportation leadership and success, which will deliver the FRA into a new era of safety and technological innovation. Fink’s father, worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Guilford Transportation, which rebranded as Pan Am Railways in 2006 after buying an American World Airways’ name, colors and logo. “Under David’s guidance, the Federal Railroad Administration will be GREAT again,” Trump said


SCDOT to Hold Richland County Public Information Meeting
The South Carolina Department of Transportation and the city of Columbia, South Carolina; the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration, will host an in-person public meeting next month about the Assembly Street railroad separation project to reduce traffic congestion caused by train crossings.

