{"id":26581,"date":"2016-05-06T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=26581"},"modified":"2016-05-06T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:46:48","slug":"dot-announces-10-million-tiger-grant-extend-amtrak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/dot-announces-10-million-tiger-grant-extend-amtrak\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT announces $10 million TIGER grant to extend Amtrak","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Project includes new passenger platforms in Middlebury, Vergennes and Burlington, Vermont<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-24855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DOT_Logo_150px-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DOT_Logo_150px\" \/>BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2013 U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg joined Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and U.S. Congressman Peter Welch at an event today to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $10 million to extend Amtrak\u2019s Ethan Allen Express passenger train service all the way to Burlington, Vermont.\u00a0 Currently, the service begins in New York City and stops in Rutland, Vermont.<br \/>\n\u201cTransportation is always about the future. If we\u2019re just fixing today\u2019s problems, we\u2019ll fall further and further behind. We already know that a growing population and increasing freight traffic will require our system to do more,\u201d said Secretary Foxx. \u201cIn this round of TIGER grants, we selected projects that focus on where the country\u2019s transportation infrastructure needs to be in the future: safer, more innovative, and more targeted to open the floodgates of opportunity across America.\u201d<br \/>\nThe $10 million grant will fund approximately 11 miles of new rail track along the state-owned line and three passenger platforms in Middlebury, Vergennes, and Burlington, Vermont. The project will also reduce long-term maintenance costs for the state, allow passenger trains to operate up to 60 miles per hour and enhance safety at multiple railroad crossings.<br \/>\nThe project is one of 39 federally funded transportation projects in 34 states selected to receive a total of nearly $500 million under the Department\u2019s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2015 program. Secretary Foxx announced project selections for this round of TIGER grants on October 29, 2015. The Department received 627 eligible applications from 50 states and several U.S. territories, including tribal governments, requesting 20 times the $500 million available for the program, or $10.1 billion, for needed transportation projects.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a day Burlington has been waiting a long time for \u2013 this funding will help not only take us back to a time when passenger rail extended to Burlington, but more importantly, it will take us into the future,\u201d said Feinberg.<br \/>\nWith this latest round of funding, TIGER continues to invest in transformative projects that will provide significant and measurable improvements over existing conditions. The awards recognize projects nationwide that will advance key transportation goals such as safety, innovation and opportunity.<br \/>\nThis grant is part of the seventh round of TIGER grants since 2009, bringing the total grant amount to more than $4.6 billion provided to 381 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, including 134 projects supporting rural and tribal communities. Demand for the program has been overwhelming: to date. The U.S. Department of Transportation has received more than 6,700 applications requesting more than $134 billion for transportation projects across the country.<br \/>\nClick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/tiger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional information on individual TIGER grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project includes new passenger platforms in Middlebury, Vergennes and Burlington, Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2013 U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah E. 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