{"id":40328,"date":"2017-02-28T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=40328"},"modified":"2017-02-28T09:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T14:46:26","slug":"feds-set-back-caltrain-project-contractors-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/feds-set-back-caltrain-project-contractors-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds set back to Caltrain project; contractors step up","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railwayage.com\/index.php\/passenger\/commuter-regional\/caltrain-electrification-delay-railway-suppliers-step-up.html?channel=55\">Railway Age<\/a> reported that contractors on Caltrain&#8217;s\u00a0Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP) agreed to extend the deadline for first day of construction from March 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017. \u00a0This announcement was issued just days after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that the execution of a $647 million funding FFGA (Full Funding Grant Agreement) is now on hold, and will remain on hold until President Trump decides which federal funds will go where in his budget proposal to Congress. When\/if completed, the years-long project will culminate in a cleaner, more efficient, high-speed commuter rail system in the busy San Francisco corridor, as diesel commuter trains will be replaced by electric trains. However, if the funds are not released by June 30, the project may be derailed permanently. \u00a0Read the complete article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railwayage.com\/index.php\/passenger\/commuter-regional\/caltrain-electrification-delay-railway-suppliers-step-up.html?channel=55\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nTo read more on the project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caltrain.com\/projectsplans\/CaltrainModernization\/Modernization\/PeninsulaCorridorElectrificationProject.html\">click here.<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Railway Age reported that contractors on Caltrain&#8217;s\u00a0Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP) agreed to extend the deadline for first day of construction from March 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017. \u00a0This announcement was issued just days after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that the execution of a $647 million funding FFGA (Full Funding Grant Agreement) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,31,45,12,9,18,1,25],"tags":[1484,1645,2594,3582,3583,3584],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Feds set back to Caltrain project; 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