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$74,840,119

Department of Transportation·Federal Railroad Administration

to RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

transportationexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2012 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2012-09-13·LATEST ACTION2026-04-13·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FR-HSR-0126-12_069
Award description

ARKENDALE TO POWELLS CREEK THIRD TRACK

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds the third-track expansion on Virginia's Arkendale-to-Powell's Creek rail corridor, a project that began in 2012.

Sub-sectors
rail-infrastructurepassenger-railnortheast-corridor
Why this matters

Increases passenger and freight capacity on a critical Northeast Corridor segment, reducing congestion and supporting regional economic connectivity.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for rail construction materials, track components, and engineering services from regional suppliers over the project lifecycle.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.002752.

Period of performance
Start
2012-09-13
End
2024-10-31
Status
expired620 days ago
Sources

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