CAGTC Members Win Big in TIGER VI

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 17, 2014

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Friday that 72 projects will receive a total of $ 600 million from the sixth round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. Of these, 12 Coalition for Americas Gateway and Trade Corridor (CAGTC) member projects were awarded a total of $ 135 million for projects with full costs exceeding $ 490 million.

One in three grant dollars, just over $ 198 million, was awarded to 25 projects supporting freight movement. Compared to previous rounds, this represents a decrease in the amount of money and total awards given to freight relative to other types of projects.

This round of TIGER highlighted that across the spectrum, transportation projects need resources to be realized and even awards that are small relative to the projects overall cost have a significant impact, said Leslie Blakey, president and executive director of CAGTC. We are very pleased to see such a large number of CAGTC members competed successfully in this round. We also believe that pairing TIGER with a freight-specific federal grant program would yield nationally significant economic benefits and strengthen American commerce.

Many CAGTC Members led or partnered on successful applications this round, including:

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