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12/28/2022
Caltrain will receive $43 million in federal dollars from the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Joe Biden signed Dec. 23.
The funding will help fill the gap for the California transit agency's electrification project, which is scheduled for completion in fall 2024, Caltrain officials said in a press release.
Of the total funds, $33 million comes from the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grants Program for projects with existing full funding grant agreements, while the remaining $10 million was secured by U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.).
However, the project is still short $367 million. Caltrain officials expect the agency will be awarded funds from California's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program by the end of next month, Caltrain officials said. The total project cost is $2.44 billion.
Meanwhile, the California High-Speed Rail Authority last week opened to traffic new grade-separation structures in Fresno and Kings counties.
The Fowler Avenue and Adams Avenue structures are now open to traffic, CHSRA officials said in a press release. The former is located between Elkhorn and Davis avenues, while the latter is located between Cedar and Maple avenues. Both structures will take vehicular traffic over the future high-speed rail lines.
The Cairo Avenue structure between Eighth and Ninth avenues in Kings County will take high-speed trains over traffic. It spans 84 feet long and more than 43 feet wide and is built to accommodate two sets of tracks, CHSRA officials said.
Throughout 2022, the authority has continued work on 171 miles of future high-speed rail track in Kings, Fresno and Madera counties.