$10 million DOT TIGER Grant funds truck-to-rail transload improvements in Jeffersonville IN
Maritime Administrator Paul ‘Chip’ Jaenichen announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $10 million for truck-to-rail and rail-to-water transload improvements at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville. This is one of 39 projects in 34 states selected to receive a total of $500 million under DOT’s Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2015 program.
DOT received 627 eligible applications from 50 states and several US territories, including tribal governments, requesting 20 times the $500 million available for the program, or $10.1 billion for needed transportation projects.
The TIGER funds will be used to create a multi-modal facility at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville that connects water, road, and rail infrastructure to increase freight mobility and accommodate projected freight demands. The project will improve efficiency through the construction of a rail line along the port’s waterfront, allowing uninterrupted transfer of cargo from rail to barge at the port for the first time. The project also includes a railway extension to allow rail carriers to deliver cargo directly to the port reducing traffic congestion as well as wear and tear on adjacent roadways.
This is the seventh TIGER round since 2009, bringing the total grant amount to $4.6 billion provided to 381 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 134 projects to support rural and tribal communities.