US DOT to provide financial assistance to help revitalize West Virginia rail line
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The US Department of Transportation Friday announced it has completed an agreement that will help fund West Virginia's portion of the Appalachian Regional Short Line Rail project. The project, receiving a $1.77 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant, includes upgrades to crossties, highway-rail grade crossings and bridges.
Once completed, important commodities like coal, aluminum, sand and chemicals will be diverted from truck to rail, reducing highway traffic, congestion and wear on roads. The use of rail, a more cost-effective and environmentally sound method for moving freight in this corridor, will help economic growth in the domestic and global markets.
The grant is part of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program included in ARRA to promote innovative, multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional transportation projects that provide significant economic and environmental benefits to an entire metropolitan area, region or the nation. West Virginia is the first state participating in this project to sign its TIGER grant agreement with the US Department of Transportation.
West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee together will receive $17.5 million in Recovery Act dollars to pay for the Appalachian Regional Short Line Rail Project that will pay for rehabilitation of hundreds of miles on five unconnected short line railroads in the three states.
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