Railway Age |
By: Stuart Chirls | August 10, 2017
Freight infrastructure improvements, particularly in rural locations, are a priority for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest round of awards.
The DOT released its proposed list of 10 project awards under the small project fiscal year 2017 Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Project program (FASTLANE). Of the 10 proposed awards, most were multimodal and all featured freight infrastructure
improvements.
“The Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program was designed by Congress to fund projects that help improve America’s commerce and freight mobility especially,” said President Leslie Blakey of The Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC). “We are pleased that this round of grants lives up to that standard. Rural lawmakers have long expressed concerns that competitive grants may not be effective in their regions and are more likely to favor urban areas. USDOT has done well to select freight-focused, multimodal small-scale projects in mostly rural areas that can improve business efficiency not only regionally but nationally.”
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