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| ****Section         4**
**RAIL PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES           UNDER TEA-21**

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This section           highlights current rail and rail-related project funding opportunities           available under TEA-21 and the role of state and local officials in           addressing their project needs.� This update provides examples of rail           and rail-related projects funded under TEA-21, that provide broad public           benefits in transportation efficiency, air quality, safety, and economic           development. 

These programs include the following:

$                      National Highway System (NHS)

$                      Surface Transportation Program (STP) General Grants

$                      Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ)

�$��            Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA)           

$                      Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF)

$                      National Corridor Planning and Development and Coordinated           Border Infrastructure Program (NCPD and CBI)

$                      Transportation and Community and System Preservation           Pilot Program (TCSP) 

$                      Transportation Enhancements Program (TEP)

$                      Light Density Rail Line Pilot Projects 

$                      High-Speed Rail 

The primary           emphasis of each of these TEA-21 programs is outlined below.� Examples           of passenger and freight rail and rail-related projects are provided,           with special attention to their public benefits and funding sources.           Several of the examples use blended funds from more than one source,           including more than one TEA-21 program category. For further information           on a specific program, the appropriate program web-site has been included           at the end of each program description.

***National Highway System (NHS)***

Total Funds:           $28.6 billion over 6 years.

Eligibility: A broad           range of road construction and rehabilitation on designated Federal           highway systems (the 163,000 miles of the NHS, including connectors           to major intermodal facilities). NHS funds can be used to improve almost           any highway network link to accommodate intermodal movements, including           truck or rail freight. States may transfer up to 50 percent of NHS funds           to the STP program.� For further information, see FHWA's web-site at:           http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/nhs.htm�

*Example           of approved rail and rail-related project under NHS:*

**Philadelphia           Tioga Marine Terminal (Pennsylvania).**� The goods movement           task force of the Philadelphia MPO identified impediments to highway           access at the Tioga Marine Terminal, a water/rail/highway intermodal           transfer facility.� Improvements undertaken include signage, signaling,           and rebuilding the Allegheny Avenue off-ramp from I-95.� These three           elements use separate funding packages: federal NHS and safety funds           for the signaling; state funds for the signage; and a mix of NHS, STP,           and other funds for the turning radii improvements.

 

Site         Index

Section         1.

Section         2.

Section         3.Section 4.Surface Transportation         ProgramTIFIANCPD and CBI ProgramsTransportation Enhancements         Program

Section         5.Air QualityEnergy**TEA-21         Role in Transportation and the Environment**

Section         6.�

Appendix         1.        Appendix 2.        Appendix 3.

 
   
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