WASHINGTON — Four light rail projects are among the 22 which have received a total of $250 million in funding under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants program. Rail projects receiving grants are:
— $20.7 million to Seattle’s Sound Transit for the 2.4-mile Hilltop extension of the Tacoma Link light rail project.
— $17.4 million to Phoenix-area agency Valley Metro for the Tempe Streetcar project, a 3-mile, 14-station line which will connect downtown Tempe, Arizona State University, and the Rio Salado Parkway to the existing light rail system.
— $15.7 to TriMet in Portland, Ore., for the MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements project, a 7.8-mile extension of the Red Line from Beaverton to downtown Hillsboron.
— $11.1 million to the Charlotte (N.C.) Area Transit System for phase two of the CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar project, a 2.5-mile extension west to Johnson C. Smith University and east to the Sunnyside neighborhood.
The full list of projects receiving grants is available here.
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