- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor Connector Project
- Maricopa Association of Governments, in partnership with Arizona Department of Transportation, SR 347 Grade Separation Project
- Port of Hueneme, Intermodal Improvement Project
- Port of San Diego, Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal Modernization Project
- Washington State Department of Transportation, Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal
Freight regains traction in TIGER VII
posted by AJOT | Oct 30 2015 at 04:49 PM | Intermodal
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced the 39 projects set to receive funds from the seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program. Of the $500 million available in TIGER VII, nearly $220 million, or 44 percent of total dollars, were awarded to freight projects or projects with a strong freight component.
“The ability of goods movement projects to successfully vie for limited TIGER resources is a testament to the enormous benefit freight investment provides our national economy,” said Sharon Neely, Chairman of the Board of the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC). “Freight projects are often large-in-scale and cross multiple jurisdictions, making them difficult to fund through traditional methods. TIGER is currently the only federal program available for complex freight projects. High demand year-over-year points to the need for a freight-specific grant program to complement TIGER.”
Funding requests this round totaled $10.1 billion, or 20 times the $500 million made available for the program. In recent months, both the House and Senate have called for freight-specific competitive grant programs in their surface transportation proposals. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s proposal creates a freight grant program valued at $4.46 billion, distributed over six years. The Senate-passed DRIVE Act establishes two competitive grant programs totaling $3.3 billion as well as an $11.65 billion freight formula program, all distributed over a six-year period.
Several successful projects in TIGER VII were put forward or partnered on by CAGTC members. These include: