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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$106,878,552

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

transportationexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-07·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2022-016_069
Award description

THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA) IS APPLYING FOR $125511868 IN FFY2022 SECTION 5337 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FUNDS APPORTIONED TO THE WASHINGTON DC URBANIZED AREA (UZA FOR REHABILITATION OF YELLOW LINE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL REHABILITATION OF BRIDGE STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HEAVY REPAIR OVERHAUL FACILITY (HRO). THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBALLOCATION OF FUNDS AGREED TO AMONG THE THREE RECIPIENTS WITHIN UZA8 INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA AND STATE OF MARYLAND. WMATAS SPLIT LETTER IS ATTACHED TO THIS APPLICATION. THESE FUNDS REQUIRE A 20% LOCAL MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF $31377967. THE NON-FEDERAL SHARE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. WMATAS CURRENT TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT (TAM) PLAN WAS ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 21 2018 AND WILL BE UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS BY OCTOBER 2022. PROJECTS INCLUDED HEREIN REFLECT THE GOALS OF THE TAM PLAN. THIS REQUEST SUPPORTS THE BELOW PROJECTS. PURPOSE OF AWARD: THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT WMATAS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FY2023 INCLUDING THE REHABILITATION OF THE YELLOW LINE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL THE REHABILITATION OF TRACK AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES TO A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HRO FACILITY.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE REHABILITATION OF YELLOW LINE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OF THE L-LINE DRY STANDPIPE AND TUNNEL STEEL LINER; STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO TWENTY BRIDGES (TRACK AND PEDESTRIAN); AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HRO FACILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE OF THE RAIL FLEET AND ADMINISTRATIVE RAIL OPERATIONS.EXPECTED OUTCOME: THE PROJECTS WILL INCREASE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR ITS CUSTOMERS AND WMATA EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE FOR MODERN AND SAFE RAIL OPERATIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: WMATAS BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATA EMPLOYEES AND WMATA CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND REGION. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on WMATA's ongoing 2022 capital program to rehabilitate rail infrastructure, bridges, and build a heavy repair facility.

Sub-sectors
transit-infrastructurerail-rehabilitationfta-formula-grant
Why this matters

Maintains safety and reliability of the Washington DC metro system serving hundreds of thousands of daily commuters across three jurisdictions.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for structural steel, rail components, and heavy construction equipment suppliers supporting transit asset rehabilitation.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-27. Cost: $0.003294.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-07
End
2026-05-05
Status
expired36 days ago
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