“In order for Amtrak to continue advancing a new era of passenger rail, we must make generational investments that require federal funding,” said Stephen Gardner, Amtrak CEO in a statement. The grant application would help Amtrak address a backlog of projects in the design and engineering phase, officials said. The $7.3 billion that Amtrak and various state agencies will apply for is part of a larger $8.979 billion FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for the NEC, which is funded by the bipartisan infrastructure act signed in to law by President Joe Biden in Nov.
The multiple Gateway Program phase II projects are New York Penn Station Expansion, Sawtooth Bridges replacement, adding tracks to the “Highline” and repairs on the Dock Bridge over the Passaic River in Newark.
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