{"id":23782,"date":"2024-07-12T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=23782"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:23:44","slug":"sen-ossoff-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-grant-opportunity-to-help-eliminate-blocked-railroad-crossings","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-grant-opportunity-to-help-eliminate-blocked-railroad-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant Opportunity to Help Eliminate Blocked Railroad Crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today announced Federal grant funding is available to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings in Georgia through the bipartisan infrastructure law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Railroad Crossing Elimination Program, which is made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, provides Federal funding<\/a> for projects to address safety concerns at rail crossings through a competitive U.S. Department of Transportation grant process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligible projects include the addition of grade separations, closing at-grade crossings, and improving existing at-grade crossings where train tracks and roads intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, or public port authorities can submit applications to be considered for Federal funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications can be submitted\u00a0online\u00a0aqu\u00ed<\/a>. For more information about the grant program and to submit applications, please click aqu\u00ed<\/a>. Applications to the Railroad Crossing Elimination Funding Opportunity must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on September 23, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlockages at rail crossings are not just an inconvenience, but they can be a matter of life and death,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong> \u201cI encourage Georgia communities to contact me and my office with any questions about this grant opportunity through the bipartisan infrastructure law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock delivered Federal resources<\/a> for Chatham, DeKalb, and Gwinnett Counties through the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock delivered<\/a> $12 million in new Federal funding for a project in Jenkins County that will improve mobility by helping eliminate railway-highway crossings through the bipartisan infrastructure law\u2019s Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry<\/a> with the Federal Railroad Administration as part of the Agency\u2019s ongoing investigation into trains causing traffic delays, submitting testimonials from cities, counties, and constituents across the state encountering blocked railroad crossings, harming residents\u2019 abilities to work, school, the grocery store, doctor\u2019s offices, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014\u00a0U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today announced Federal grant funding is available to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings in Georgia through the bipartisan infrastructure law. The Railroad Crossing Elimination Program, which is made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, provides Federal funding for projects to address safety concerns at rail crossings through a competitive U.S. Department of […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23782","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23784,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23782\/revisions\/23784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}