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February 03, 2021
CTC Allocates $6.45MM for Short Line Improvement Projects Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program provides funds to short-line railroad infrastructure projects “intended to improve freight mobility, volume thresholds and support modern rail freight traffic and the communities and industries they serve throughout California.” (BNSF)
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) will distribute $6.45 million to seven short line railroad infrastructure projects.
The projects are funded through the 2020 Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program (SLRIP), which was established under California’s Short-Line Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2019. SLRIP provides funds to infrastructure projects intended to “improve freight mobility [and] volume thresholds, and support modern rail freight traffic and the communities and industries they serve throughout California.�