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3 Texas rail projects awarded in FRA nationwide $1.4 billion CRISI grants, state only gets 1% share of total
September 25th, 2023
September 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rail improvement projects in Laredo, Brownsville and the Texas Panhandle will benefit from nearly $15 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program grants, the Federal Railroad Administration announced today.The U.S. Department of...
Texas Rail Advocates joins Louisiana DOT in support of passenger rail funding to feds
November 13th, 2022
November 13, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates has signed on to a letter of support for the North Louisiana Passenger Rail Plan. The application is being submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation from the Louisiana Department of...
Texas gets a sliver of $386 million in CRISI rail grant funds: Harlingen project
June 2nd, 2022
June 2, 2022 - TRA Newswire-In another weak showing, Texas will only get 0.02% of over $368 million that the Federal Railroad Administration has announced in railroad grants under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program this week....
Will Texas miss out on it's share of $66 billion in federal rail funds?
May 8th, 2022
May 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expected to announce, this month, the procedures for filing for Infrastructure Law rail grant programs. $66 billion in advanced appropriations are to be available for passenger and freight...
Infrastructure package could help Texas railroads
December 11th, 2021
December 11, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
Class 1 and short line railroads in Texas could be the beneficiaries of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law in November. The key word is could be.
While the...
Feds announced rail grants for Blacklands RR, CapMetro, TXGN, Kiamichi RR and Hutto, TX
October 4th, 2020
September 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Four more rail projects in Texas have received over $14 million from the USDOT's Federal Railroad Administration as part of a $320 million competitive grant funding under the FY2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety...
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station receives $241K railway improvement grant
September 20th, 2020
September 18, 2020 - KBTX.com -
Sen. John Cornyn announced Friday the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment was awarded a federal grant of $241,546 to improve local railways.
The funding is from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program as part...
Texas finally snags a small share of fed infrastructure/safety rail grants
March 13th, 2020
March 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has announced that U.S. railroads will receive $248 million in grant funds for safety and infrastructure projects with four of those projects in Texas receiving $5.6 million. The grant...
Texas snags a measly $6M in FRA CRISI grants out of $326M available
June 12th, 2019
June 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
Good news for Port Freeport's rail expansion plans but a ho-hum to the Texas transportation agency for their lack of effort in applying for federal rail grants that could benefit potential freight or passenger...
Within 24 months: passenger rail service returning to Gulf Coast
June 8th, 2019
June 7, 2019 - al.com -
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Amtrak is expected to return to the Gulf Coast within 24 months, linking a new passenger rail between New Orleans and Mobile.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced Friday the awarding of a $33...