Title: GCRTA FFY 2022 Grant Program and Revisions to the FFY 2021 Grant Program  

Sponsor: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA)

Estimated Total Cost: $59,729,532

Proposed Source of Federal Funds: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

History/Background: GCRTA‘s capital program is included in the NOACA SFY 2021 - 2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The majority of the program is as originally proposed in the TIP. GCRTA has been utilizing preventive maintenance funding to bolster its operating budget. However, as a result of federal stimulus funding that GCRTA received, GCRTA’s need to use preventive maintenance funding to support operations has been reduced.

GCRTA is redistributing some of its preventive maintenance funding to projects currently programmed in the TIP and seven projects being advanced from GCRTA’s 10‐year strategic plan to its FY 2021 - 2024 capital program and the TIP. GCRTA is also revising its’ FFY 2021 Capital Formula and State of Good Repair grant programs.

Proposed Project: GCRTA is applying for various sources of funds including Section 5307 Capital Formula, Section 5337 State of Good Repair Formula and Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Formula for FFY 2022, as described below:

• The Section 5307 Capital Formula projects include Bus Replacement Program Vehicles and Spare Parts, Light Rail Track Rehabilitation Program, Rail State of Good Repair Projects, Preventive Maintenance - Bus, Enhanced ADA (Americans with Disabilities) Access - Rail, NOACA Unserved Area Projects, Pavement Improvement Program, Roof Replacement Program, Track Bridge Rehabilitation over Brookpark Road, Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Program, Rail Car Replacement Program - Vehicles, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) System Improvement Program, Hayden Bus Lift Replacements, Hayden Bus Wash Replacements, Waterfront Line Track Bridge Rehabilitation, (new) East 79^th Street Light Rail Station ADA Reconstruction, (new) Light Rail Guard and Retaining Wall Rehabilitation, (new) Fare Collection Equipment Replacement, (new) Rail Work Equipment Replacement.

   

• Section 5337 Rail Formula projects include Light Rail Track Rehabilitation, Rail Spare Parts, Rail State of Good Repair Projects, Preventive Maintenance Rail, Rail Infrastructure Program, On-Call Rail Engineering Services, Rail Car Replacement Program - Infrastructure, Track Bridge Rehabilitation over Brookpark Road, Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Program, Track Bridge Rehabilitation over Ambler Street and Signal System Upgrade Program.

   

• Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Formula projects include Bus Replacement Program Vehicles and Spare Parts.

GCRTA is revising two existing grants to redistribute preventive maintenance (PM) funding to support currently programmed projects and seven (7) projects advanced from GCRTA’s 10-year strategic plan to its capital program as described below:

• 2021 Section 5307 Capital Formula Grant – The grant is being revised to account for the redistribution of funding from Preventive Maintenance - Bus to Roof Replacement Program Construction, Rail Car Replacement Program, (new) Metrohealth Line BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) Design and Project Administration, (new) Origin and Destination Survey and Project Administration and Fare Collection Equipment - (Vehicles and Stations).

• 2021 Section 5337 State of Good Repair Formula Grant - The grant is being revised to account for the redistribution from funding for Preventive Maintenance - Rail to Rail Car Replacement Program Vehicles, Platform Design and Rail Shop Design and Waterfront Line Bridge Rehabilitation Construction.

Descriptions of the projects programmed in the TIP in FY 2022 (project descriptions), seven new projects (7 new project descriptions) and the list of projects and their associated costs by ALI (activity line item) are available in pdf.

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