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| ***Surface Transportation Program (STP)***

Total Funding:           $33.3 billion over six years.

Eligibility:           Applicable for almost any roadway improvements on any Federal-aid highway,           including NHS.� Improvements to accommodate other modes, including rail           freight, are eligible uses.� The STP program allows the use of federal           funds to pay for adjustments to highway elements to accommodate a rail           line, including lengthening or increasing vertical clearances of bridges,           adjusting drainage facilities, lighting, signing or utilities, or making           minor adjustments to highway alignments. Ten percent of a state's STP           apportionment must be reserved for safety construction programs, including           safety improvements at railroad-highway crossings. These improvements           have included relocation of a portion of a rail line where this is less           costly than eliminating existing crossing by grade separations or relocating           the highway.� For further information see FHWA's web-site at:� http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/stp.htm�

*Examples of approved rail and rail-related projects under           STP:*

**McMinnville           Highway-Railroad Crossing Corridor Safety Project (Oregon).�**ODOT           serves as coordinator for a project to upgrade nine existing highway-railroad           grade crossings, where four crossings are being closed and one new crossing           is being constructed through the city of McMinnville.� The nine crossing           upgrades include adding train-activated automatic gates and flashing           light signals, new improved roadway approaches to the crossings, new           crossing track surfacing and the construction of Americans with Disabilities           Act (ADA)-compliant sidewalks.� Total cost of the project is approximately           $1.7 million, with $1.1 million of STP funds.

**Independence           Highway-Railroad Crossing Corridor Safety Project (Oregon).�**Three           existing highway-railroad grade crossings are being upgraded and three           highway-railroad grade crossings are being closed through the city of           Independence.� The three crossing upgrades include adding train activated           automatic gates and flashing light signals, new improved roadway approaches           to the crossings, new crossing track surfacing and the construction           of ADA-compliant sidewalks.� The� closures include curbs, drainage inlets           and culdesacs.� Total cost of the project is approximately $900,000           with $800,000 of STP funds.

**Jefferson           at Main Street Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Project (Oregon).��**An existing dangerous highway-railroad grade crossing is being re-built           to improve the existing humped crossing to meet vertical profile standards,           improve the truck turning radius, and interconnect the train activated           automatic gates and flashing light signals with a new traffic light           on an adjacent state highway.� The project includes crossing track surfacing,           bike lanes, and ADA-compliant sidewalks across the tracks.� The approaches           to the crossing will be rebuilt to match the design of a future county           road widening project.� The total project cost is about $900,000 with           $800,000 of STP funds.

**Ventura County****Transportation Commission (California).**�           The Ventura MPO is purchasing two partially abandoned rail corridors,           one existing rail corridor, 40 miles of rail track, and contiguous land.�           Freight rail service is expected to expand under the new plan, with           some truck movements avoided by the improved railroad connections to           the Port of Hueneme.� Projected funding for acquisition of the rail           branch lines consists of $4.2 million in STP grants, $3.5 million in           STP Enhancement funds, and $1.0 million in local matching funds

**Hiawatha Line Improvements (Illinois and Wisconsin).**�STP           and interstate maintenance funds are being used for Amtrak's Hiawatha           line connecting Chicago to Milwaukee to maintain rail passenger service,           which will mitigate construction impacts and traffic disruption while           a nearby interstate highway is under construction.

***Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement***

Total Funds: $8.1 billion           over six years.

Eligibility:           Transportation projects that will reduce carbon monoxide, volatile organic           compounds, oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and particulate matter in Clean           Air Act non-attainment and maintenance areas. Intermodal freight facility           improvements are eligible, and project approvals have included rail           and barge freight facilities as a substitute for truck movements. **��**Eligibility           now includes MAGLEV Transportation Technology Deployment Program projects           and has been expanded to promote public-private partnerships.� For further           information, see FHWA's web-site at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/cmaq.htm����           

*Examples of approved rail and rail-related projects under           CMAQ:*

**Columbia Slough Intermodal Expansion Bridge (Oregon).**�           This rail bridge over the slough, directly connecting the railroad           to the Port of Portland, was completed in 1997 with $1 million in CMAQ           funds.� The project should yield reduced emissions as trucks no longer           need to dray freight from the port to the railroad.� The bridge project           initially received funding as an ISTEA demonstration project with additional           funding provided by the Port of Portland, the Union Pacific Railroad           and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.

**Reorganization           of Bensenville Rail Yard in North West Chicago (Illinois).**� Canadian           Pacific Railway is reengineering its yard in Bensenville, upgrading           its west end access and egress, and ultimately� rerouting some of its           trains.� The upgrade includes new track, interlocking, and signals,           allowing increased train speeds.� There will be public benefits in significantly           reduced traffic conflict due to fewer at-grade crossings.� The CMAQ           share of the cost is $2.1 million for aspects of the reengineering that           have public benefits.� 

**Waterville,           Maine.**� Construction of a truck-to-rail transfer facility           was completed in Waterville, Maine in 1998.� Guilford Transportation           Industries contributed funds to build track and trailer storage.� CMAQ           funds were used to purchase lift equipment.� There was no financial           participation by Maine DOT.� This project allowed diversion of trailers           and containers to rail, reducing heavy truck miles and emissions, and           freed up state funds for use in other transportation projects. 

The Office of           Freight Transportation, Maine Department of Transportation, has been           concentrating on funding smaller incremental improvments to rail access           facilities, such as adding rail siding and spur tracks.� Through their           Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP), Maine DOT solicits projects in           a competitive process, ranks the projects on several economic and air           quality criteria, and funds the projects with General Fund monies, supplemented           with CMAQ funds as appropriate.�� Through a 50 percent participation           in project costs by the state, Maine leverages the balance from private           and federal funds.� One such project constructed and rehabilitated track           in South Portland to provide previously unavailable rail access into           gravel pits, enabling access to the pits from oceanbound containers           carrying clay.

**Morristown           Branch Line (New Jersey).**� The Morristown and Erie           Railway, Inc., a county- owned railroad that shares trackage with NJ           Transit, is using CMAQ funds to rehabilitate a branch line that will           allow it to provide service to a new Toys-R-Us regional distribution           center.

**Gorham Railroad           Bridge Project (New Hampshire).**� A $750,000 bridge           clearance project in Gorham to allow double-stack container service           from Auburn, Maine to Chicago, Illinois, approved under the innovative           financing program, used a flexible match of $150,000 in private funds           from the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad in lieu of state funds.�           The project also received $600,000 in CMAQ funds.� Although the project           is in an air quality attainment area , it will reduce emissions along           the nonattainment areas of the I-95 corridor by shifting motor freight           to double-stack trains.������������������������������������������ 

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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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