Table 2 - Federal Infrastructure Investment Programs by Agency and Mode
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Table 2 - Federal Infrastructure Investment Programs by Agency and Mode
| Mode | Agency | Program | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Federal Aviation Administration | Facilities, engineering and development | For acquisition and modernization of facilities and equipment and service testing in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act (49 USC 1301-1542), including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites. |
| Facilities and equipment (Airport and airway trust fund) | This program provides funds for the national airspace system equipment, facility, and related applied research activities. | ||
| Metropolitan Washington Airports Construction | This program provides funds for construction at National and Dulles International Airports. | ||
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Construction of facilities | The goal of the Construction of Facilities program is to ensure that the facilities critical to achieving NASA's space and aeronautics program are constructed and continue to function effectively, efficiently, and safely, and that NASA installations conform with requirements and initiatives for the protection of the environment and human health. Transportation component of NASA outlays for construction of facilities are included in transportation investment. | |
| Water | Maritime Administration | Ship construction | This program provides funds for acquisition of vessels. |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) | Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation | Construction, acquisition of plant, property and equipment. Data are obtained form SLSDC annual report. | |
| U.S. Coast Guard | Acquisition, Construction and Improvement (Transportation outlays only) | This program provides funds for acquisition, construction, and improvement of the vessels, aircraft, information management resources, shore facilities, and aids to navigation required to execute the Coast Guard's missions and achieve its performance goals. The transportation portion was estimated on the basis of ratios developed from detailed federal obligations of the program. | |
| Alteration of Bridges | This program provides funds for altering or removing bridges determined to be obstructions to navigation. | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) | Construction of Locks and Dams | ||
| Construction of Channels and Harbors | |||
| Mississippi River and Tributaries | About 25 percent of this program's outlays are assumed to be for infrastructure purposes. | ||
| Major Rehabilitation of Locks and Dams & Channels and Harbors | |||
| Transit | Federal Transit Administration | Discretionary grants (Highway trust fund, mass transit account) | This program provides funds for fixed guide way modernization; for replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of buses; and the construction of bus related facilities. |
| Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | Interest payments | This program provided the annual Federal share (two-thirds) of interest payments on outstanding WMATA bonds sold in support of the rail construction program. The WMATA bonds, which totaled $997 million, were guaranteed by the Federal government and were to become due beginning in the year 2012. | |
| Rail | Federal Railroad Administration | Freight line rehabilitation | Funds were provided through a grant to the Soo Line Railroad Company for track improvements to maintain Amtrak's rail passenger service in Wisconsin. |
| Northeast corridor improvement program | Provides funds to upgrade passenger rail service in the corridor between Washington, D.C. and Boston, MA. Beginning in 2001, funding is available within the Amtrak appropriation. | ||
| Capital grants to National Railroad Passenger Corporation | Grant funding, administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, is provided to support Amtrak's operating and capital requirements including Northeast Corridor improvements, railroad retirement, debt service interest and principal payments, operating assistance, preservation of capital and investments, and rolling stock maintenance. Only capital expenditure portion of these expenditure items is included. Data are directly obtained from Amtrak annual report. | ||
| Next generation high-speed rail | The Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program provides funds for research, development, and technology demonstration programs and the planning and analysis required to evaluate technology proposals under the program. | ||
| Pennsylvania station redevelopment project | Funds are used to redevelop the Pennsylvania Station in New York City, which involves renovating the James A. Farley Post Office building as a train station and commercial center, and basic upgrades to Pennsylvania Station. Funding for this project was included in the Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation appropriation in 1995 through 1997, and the Northeast Corridor Improvement Program in 1998. | ||
| Rhode Island rail development | Funds were provided for construction of a third rail line and related costs between Davisville and Central Falls, RI. | ||
| High-speed rail train sets and facilities | Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, acquired train sets specially designed to offer enhanced high-speed (150 mph) service on the Northeast Corridor from Washington, DC, to Boston, Massachusetts. Funds provided by this appropriation will help finance the acquisition of the train sets and related maintenance facilities. | ||
| West Virginia rail development | Funding for capital costs associated with track, signal and crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC. | ||
| Conrail commuter transition assistance | For necessary capital expenses of Conrail commuter transition assistance. Between 1986 and 1989 funds were appropriated to fund commuter rail and bridge improvements in Pennsylvania. |