More news keeps rolling in about TIGER II grantees...
TIGER, which funded projects like Atlanta's new streetcar, is in question after new House rule. Image: ##http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=120809##SkyScraperPage forum##
Atlanta scored about eight percent of the TIGER II total for its streetcar project. Rep. John Lewis got confirmation of the award this morning.
Atlanta had applied for $56 million for the $70 million project. Some observers had hoped the city would apply for its "beltline" project -- a circumferential transit line -- instead, but the streetcar will be a big step toward a transit-oriented, complete-streets vision for Atlanta.
Maine -- $10.5 million -- To repair and improve the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) line in Aroostook and northern Penobscot counties.
Maine and New Hampshire -- $20 million -- To replace the 87-year-old Memorial Bridge between Kittery, ME and Portsmouth, NH.
Providence, Rhode Island -- $10.5 million -- To purchase cranes that will transform the Port of Providence into a modern marine cargo center and diversify shipping options in the region.
Bridgeport, Connecticut -- $11 million -- To fund road and infrastructure improvements at Steel Point.
New Haven, Connecticut -- $16 million -- To convert part of Route 34 from a limited-access highway to an urban boulevard.
Ann Arbor, Michigan -- $13.9 million -- To reconstruct failing bridges on East Stadium Boulevard.
Peoria, Illinois -- $10 million -- To support the narrowing of Washington Street in the city’s Warehouse District.
Moline, Illinois -- $10 million -- To complete the Moline Amtrak train station.
Lake County, Tennessee -- $13 million -- To complete the Cates Landing riverport project.
South Dakota -- $16 million -- To rebuild a state-owned railroad branch line from Mitchell to Chamberlain.
Seattle, Washington -- $34 million -- To reconstruct the South Park Bridge.
Huge thanks to Michael Wojnar for compiling and passing along this information.
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.