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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$191,964,505

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

WORK BEGAN2026-06-24·LATEST ACTION2026-07-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2026-012_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO ENSURE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND SAFETY AT WMATAS METRORAIL STATIONS FACILITIES AND ON ITS SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMERS AND PERSONNEL.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF ESCALATORS IMPROVEMENTS TO WMATAS RAIL YARDS INCLUDING DULLES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND RAILCAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND/OR REHABILITATE TRACTION POWER INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT OF BUS SHELTERS AT METRO STATIONS AND REHABILITATION OF RAIL STATIONS PLATFORMS AND STRUCTURES.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THESE PROJECTS WILL INCREASE METRORAIL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY FOR WMATA CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES CONTINUING TO PROVIDE MODERN TRANSIT OPERATIONS WHILE ENSURING WMATAS FACILITIES SYSTEMS AND ASSETS ARE IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR OF ITS ASSETS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INTENDED BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATA PERSONNEL WHO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE METRORAIL SYSTEM AND WMATA CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITHIN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 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

Provides federal grant to maintain and upgrade WMATA MetroRail system facilities, focusing on safety and state of good repair.

Sub-sectors
metrorailstate-of-good-repaircapital-maintenance
Why this matters

Addresses deferred maintenance on the nation's second-largest metro system, critical to federal workforce commuting and regional transportation resilience.

Supply-chain signal

Benefits escalator and rail equipment suppliers; drives demand for specialized metro infrastructure replacement parts and maintenance contracting.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-03. Cost: $0.016333.

Period of performance
Start
2026-06-24
End
2031-12-31
Status
activein 1997 days
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