The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration said it has awarded more than $1.2 billion in railroad safety grants.
The FY 25-26 Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program awarded 91 grants in 37 states to fund eliminating unsafe highway-rail conflict point, closing at-grade crossings, and upgrading railroad traffic signals. The grants are part of an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program initiated in 2022.
Projects receiving funding included:
- $46 million for the Texas Department of Transportation to support the construction of a grade-separated overpass carrying RM 2871 over the Union Pacific Railroad and Aledo Road in Fort Worth, Texas. The project will eliminate the highway-rail conflict point, improve emergency response reliability, and reduce blocked crossings.
- $6.4 million for the City of Marana, Arizona, to support a future grade separation on Tangerine Road and I-10. The funding will advance development and design concepts including NEPA and preliminary design.
- $43 million to the City of Nampa, Idaho, to eliminate an at-grade crossing and construct a grade separation as part of the Robinson Road and Greenhurst Road Overpass Project. The project will eliminate conflicts between rail operations and roadway users at a crossing that frequently experiences blockages.
- $31.7 million to the Georgia Department of Transportation to upgrade railroad preemption interconnection to traffic signals at approximately 31 high-risk railroad crossings across the state.
- $72 million for the Port Authority of Kansas City to eliminate three existing at-grade crossings through a grade separation in Kansas City, Missouri. The project will improve the safety and mobility of people and goods by eliminating highway-rail crossings and decreasing the risk of accidents or delays at the existing crossings.
- $1.7 million for the County of Saint Louis in Minnesota to support the evaluation of four at-grade public roadway crossings along a Canadian National mainline corridor to develop long-term solutions such as closures, grade separations, or safety improvements.
“Protecting the traveling public and enhancing the backbone of our nation’s transportation system – our rail network – is all part of the Trump Administration’s commitment to move people and products better than ever,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said. “This Department has invested nearly $10 billion in American rail this year alone, with more on the way. These latest investments will ensure the future of rail and the safety of passengers, rail workers, and the great Americans who share these transportation corridors continue to improve.”