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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$143,499,868

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

ACTION DATE2026-03-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2022-018_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO COMPLETE PHASE 4 OF METRO PLATFORM REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND LIFECYCLE REHABILITATION OR REPLACEMENT OF ELEVATORS ESCALATORS AND AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENT RADIO/CELLULAR IMPROVEMENTS UPGRADES OF SUPPORT FACILITY FIRE SYSTEM REHABILITATION AND OF TUNNEL WATER LEAK MITIGATION.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INCLUDE NECESSARY SAFETY REPAIRS AND REHABILITATION OF METRO STATION PLATFORMS AT FIVE STATIONS LOCATED ON THE WMATA ORANGE LINE IN NE WASHINGTON DC AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MARYLAND; CONDUCT WATER MITIGATION WORK ALONG TWO-SEGMENTS OF THE RED LINE; AND SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENTS TO REHABILITATE REPAIR UPGRADE OR REPLACE SYSTEM ESCALATORS AND ELEVATORS METROS RADIO SYSTEM AND ATC ROOM SAFETY CRITICAL EQUIPMENT.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CLEAN SAFE AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND ENSURE WMATA TRANSIT SYSTEMS ARE IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.; 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.

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In plain English

Rehabilitate Washington Metro platforms, elevators, escalators, radio systems, and water leak mitigation across Orange and Red Lines.

Sub-sectors
transit-infrastructurefta-formula-grantrail-rehabilitation
Why this matters

Maintains critical transit infrastructure serving 2+ million daily commuters across DC, Virginia, and Maryland; essential for regional economic mobility.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for elevator/escalator manufacturers, ATC system integrators, radio communications equipment, and construction/engineering services.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002395.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-14
End
2026-01-05
Status
expired131 days ago
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