FTA awards $16 million in discretionary grants for Houston region

$57m-TX / $929m Nationwide

Jay Blazek Crossley, Oct 25, 11.

The Federal Transit Administration announced $929 million nationwide in discretionary grants, including $57 million across the State of Texas, $16 million of which will come to the Houston region, according to the AASHTO Journal and FTA website.

The largest grant for the HOuston region is an $8 million grant for Metro to do “facility improvements for Kashmere and Hirem Clarke.” The only grant for the Texas Department of Transportation is for “Conroe Complete Street and Transit Access to Support Multi‐ Modal Options.”

Grants for the Houston region (derived from the FTA breakdown by State (pdf)):

TX - AA - City of Galveston - Galveston to Houston Alternative Analysis Completion - $240,000
TX - AA - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County / Metro - East Downtown Urban Circulator Study - $250,000
TX - Livability - City of Galveston - Seawall Boulevard Transit Pedestrian Access and Beautification Plan / Construction of Bus Stop Amenities to Support New Transit Services. - $2,000,000
TX - Livability - Texas Department of Transportation - Conroe Complete Street and Transit Access to Support Multi‐ Modal Options - $2,101,800
TX - SOGR - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas - Facility Improvements for Kashmere and Hiram Clarke - $8,000,000
TX - SOGR - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas - Transit Asset Management - $3,212,000