Loudoun Supervisors Eye Federal Funds For Park-And-Ride Lots

Loudoun County:

“The Board of Supervisors is interested in using federal funds to pay for the development of four park-and-ride lots in the county. Supervisors last week directed county staff members to submit an application for the 2014 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant program.

According to County Administrator Tim Hemstreet, the minimum TIGER grant amount is $10 million, which prompted the staff to include four different park-and-ride lots in the application. All grant funds must be used by FY21. Consideration was given to apply for money to purchase buses or construct Prentice Drive between the two planned Metro stops in Loudoun, but both were ultimately rejected. If the county had received federal funds for the buses, the entire system would become ‘federalized,’ requiring compliance with a number of federal regulations and procurement processes, supervisors were told.”

~Writes Erika Jacobson Moore of Leesburg Today

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TIGER Grant

Department of Transportation:

“The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER Discretionary Grant program) has up to $600 million available for capital projects related to highways, bridges, public transportation, rail, ports, and intermodal projects. A primary selection criterion specifically mentions addressing stormwater through natural means, avoiding impacts to water quality, and providing benefits like groundwater recharge, brownfield redevelopment, and stormwater mitigation including green infrastructure. Of this funding, $35 million is available for project and regional-level planning that include factors like stormwater and future risks and vulnerabilities like extreme weather and climate change. Eligible applicants are State, local, and tribal governments, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a lead applicant. TIGER applications are due April 28, 2014.”

~DOT

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