Railroad Crossing Elimination Program
Overview
The FRA has announced the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program which provides a federal funding opportunity to fund highway-rail crossing improvement projects and studies that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. Projects will improve the American Rail infrastructure to enhance rail safety, improve the health and safety of communities, eliminate highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossing that are frequently blocked by trains, and reduce the impacts that freight movement and railroad operations may have on underserved communities.
Eligible Applicants are State; a political subdivision of a state; a federally recognized Indian tribe; a unit of government or a group of local governments; a public part authority; metropolitan planning organization; and of any group of the above.
Eligible projects include track relocation; the improvement or installation of protective devices, signals, signs, or other measures to improve safety, provided that such activities are related to a separation or relocation project described above; and other means to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods at highway-rail grade crossings.
Application deadline is September 23, 2024.