Infrastructure Improvements Project (Superior, Wis.): Awarded $8.37 million for repairs to an unused facility in the Port of Superior. The project will add a 10,000-foot support track “within a critical freight corridor” construct a new facility for 24 locomotives and add three new yard tracks, and extend five existing tracks to “increase operational efficiency for port cargo and enhance safety for rail workers,” according to USDOT. America’s Green Gateway Phase 1: Pier B Early Rail Enhancements Project (Long Beach, Calif.): Awarded $52.3 million for a new locomotive facility and extension of the east and west rail yards.Aberdeen Port Rail Spur Connector (Aberdeen, Miss.): Awarded $4 million for construction of 12,200 linear feet of new rail spur, which will provide direct access between the port along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and Kansas City Southern. Construction includes sitework, utilities and stormwater management, and materials comprise rail, ballast, ties and turnouts.The rail-related port project recipients are: The fiscal year 2021 program’s priorities related to job creation, climate change and environmental justice impacts, according to the USDOT. The three-year-old PIDP supports port facility and freight infrastructure improvements that boost capacity and efficiency it provides planning, operational and capital financing, and project management assistance. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will distribute more than $241 million in grants to 25 port facility improvement projects under the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) six are rail-related and will receive a total of $86.22 million. Now On Line: Railway Age June 2023 Digital EditionĪmerica’s Green Gateway Phase 1: Pier B Early Rail Enhancements Project at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., was awarded $52.3 million for a new locomotive facility and extension of the east and west rail yards.Transit Briefs: BART/SFMTA, WMATA, UTA, HART.BART Selects Parsons to Continue Engineering Services Through 2028.Transit Briefs: LACMTA, Omaha Streetcar, SBCTA, Shore Line East, TTC.Transit Briefs: Amtrak, BART, Maryland DOT, NYMTA, PANY/NJ.Amtrak Issues FY22 Sustainability Report.APTA Announces 2023 Rail Safety, Security and Emergency Management Winners (UPDATED June 14).
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