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U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $25 Million TIGER Grant for the Charlotte Gateway Station

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Projects Target Future Needs in Rural and Urban Communities Nationwide

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $25 million to accelerate early construction for the Charlotte Gateway Station.  The project is one of 39 federally-funded transportation projects in 34 states selected to receive a total of $500 million under the Department’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2015 program.

The Department received 627 eligible applications from 50 states and several U.S. territories, including Tribal governments, requesting 20 times the $500 million available for the program, or $10.1 billion for needed transportation projects.

“Transportation is always about the future.  If we're just fixing today's problems, we'll fall further and further behind.  We already know that a growing population and increasing freight traffic will require our system to do more," said Secretary Foxx. “In this round of TIGER, we selected projects that focus on where the country’s transportation infrastructure needs to be in the future; ever safer, ever more innovative, and ever more targeted to open the floodgates of opportunity across America.”

TIGER funds will be used to construct new station tracks, install necessary rail signals and infrastructure, and construct new passenger freight bridges to facilitate the future development of the Charlotte Gateway Station, located in Center City Charlotte. The new infrastructure will reduce conflict between passenger rail service and the Norfolk Southern freight trains and enable additional arrival and departures at the planned station, as new intercity passenger rail services are introduced.

With this latest round of funding, TIGER continues to invest in transformative projects that will provide significant and measurable improvements over existing conditions. The awards recognize projects nationwide that will advance key transportation goals such as safety, innovation, and opportunity.

“Much of our current rail infrastructure was built and designed to serve the needs of yesterday—not the demands of today or the future. This investment brings Charlotte and the Southeast Corridor closer to building a one-stop station for safe and reliable transportation that will create growth and jobs,” Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Sarah Feinberg said.

This is the seventh TIGER round since 2009, bringing the total grant amount to $4.6 billion provided to 381 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 134 projects to support rural and tribal communities. Demand for the program has been overwhelming; to date, the Department of Transportation has received more than 6,700 applications requesting more than $134 billion for transportation projects across the country. 

The GROW AMERICA Act, the Administration’s surface transportation legislative proposal, would keep TIGER roaring with $7.5 billion over six years for future TIGER grants.

Click here for additional information on individual TIGER grants.

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