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| **Transportation Enhancements Program**

Total Funds: 10% set-aside           of STP funds.

Eligibility:           Transportation enhancements (TE) are transportation-related activities           that are designed to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental           aspects of the nation=s           intermodal transportation system. The transportation enhancements program           provides for implementation of a variety of non-traditional projects,           ranging from the restoration of historic transportation facilities,           to bike and pedestrian facilities, to landscaping and scenic beautification,           and the mitigation of water pollution from highway runoff.� Transportation           enhancement activities must relate to surface transportation. TEA-21           expands the definition of transportation enhancements eligibility to           specifically include the following: provision of safety and educational           activities for pedestrians and bicyclists**,**scenic or historic           highway programs (including provision of tourist and welcome center           facilities), environmental mitigation to address water pollution due           to highway runoff or to reduce vehicle-caused wild-life mortality while           maintaining habitat connectivity, and establishment of transportation           museums. TEP encourages use of qualified youth conservation or service           corps toperform appropriate           TEP activities.� For further information, see FHWA's web site at:�           http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/te.htm*�*

*Examples of approved rail           and rail-related projects under Transportation Enhancements Program*:

**Lehigh Valley           Railroad Station Project (Pennsylvania).** $250,000 in Transportation           Enhancement Program funds were used to rehabilitate the Lehigh Valley           Railroad Station for use as a railroad museum and visitors information           center.

**Lemont Historic           Rail Line rehabilitation (Pennsylvania).** $77,000 in Transportation           Enhancement Program funds were used to replace 880 cross ties, 168 linear           feet of switch ties, 640 linear feet of ditching, 100 track feet of           line and surface raising, brush cutting and weed spraying of the road           bed at Bellefonte Historical Railroad. 

**Muddy Creek           Valley Railroad Restoration (Pennsylvania).** $325,000 in Transportation           Enhancement Program funds were used for stream bank and erosion repair,           rebuilding abutments, replacing steel stringers and other necessary           improvements for upgrading the rail line that runs through the Muddy           Creek Valley. Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society           and Authority are the lead agencies. 

**Lafayette           Depot Plaza (Indiana).**� Enhancement funds are being           used to supplement a project to relocate the historic Big Four Depot           and restore it as the focal point of an intermodal civic plaza, with           train and transit service. The project is an integral part of the relocation           of the railroad line that serves the City of Lafayette.� The relocated           and renovated depot, surrounding plaza, elevators, platforms, and bus           transfer island provide waiting, boarding, and administrative services           for Amtrak, the local bus company, and Greyhound. The railroad relocation           project began in the early 1970s. The current contract is the fifteenth           since construction began in 1986. The sixteenth contract will restore           the old corridor in 2001. In 2002, landscaping will be added in a final           contract. When complete, 41 rail grade crossings will have been eliminated.
 **Light Density Rail Line           Pilot Projects****Eligibility:**           The Light Density Rail Line Pilot Project was designed to allow the           Secretary to fund pilot projects that demonstrate the relationship of           light density railroad services to the statutory responsibilities of           the Secretary related to rail and highway transportation.� This program           is not currently funded.� For further information, see� FHWA's web-site           at: 
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/r-ltdens.htm*�*

**High-Speed Rail**

Total Funds: The TEA-21             authorization covers fiscal years 1998-2001 and is a General Fund             authorization. 

Eligibility: This high-speed             rail program extends the life of an existing high-speed rail corridor             planning and technology development program initiated under the Swift             Rail Development Act of 1994. The program authorizes the Secretary             to provide financial assistance: to public agencies for high speed             rail corridor planning activities and certain other pre-construction             activities, including right of way acquisition to any United States             business, educational institution, state or local government, public             authority, or Federal agency to support the development of high-speed             rail technology improvements. For further information, see FRA's web-site             at:http://www.fra.dot.gov/o/hsgt/hsgt.htm             and� FHWA's web-site at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/r-hghspd.htm�             
Questions               concerning rail opportunities under TEA-21 should be addressed to:**John           N. Paolella, Director Industry Finance Staff, 202/493-6413, Office of           Policy and Program Development, FRA.**
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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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