Items Tagged with 'passenger rail'

The Biden administration is pushing to award grants and move funds to projects funded by signature infrastructure and climate measures before President-elect Donald Trump takes over.

Baltimore's 150-year-old rail tunnel gets the largest grant, $4.7 billion, to alleviate a major rail line bottleneck.

Major programs include $1B Sawtooth Bridges Replacement in New Jersey, needed to support Gateway mega-program to add rail tunnels under the Hudson River. 

Inflation pressures continue to be an issue for projects funded under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A separate program, coming later, will apply to Northeast Corridor projects.

The estimated $925-million capital investment plan awaits a potential federal infrastructure bill.

Two major Connecticut bridge replacements win nearly half of the total awarded.

Proposal unveiled by DeFazio is silent on how to pay for the $138-billion trust-fund infusion needed to fully fund it.