TriMet BRT project lands $87M FTA Capital Investments funding
The alignment serves several major destinations including a Portland Community College campus, and an Oregon university.
TriMet GM Doug Kelsey (center) and FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams (right) were on hand to celebrate funding for the Division BRT project.
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a $87.4 million grant to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for the Division Transit Project. The project will provide faster, more reliable transit service between Downtown Portland, Southeast and East Portland, and Gresham.
The project is a new 15-mile bus rapid transit (BRT) line between Portland’s Central Business District and Gresham. The total project cost is $175 million with $87.4 million in funding requested through FTA’s Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program.
The alignment serves several major destinations including Portland Community College’s Southeast Campus and Worker Retraining Center, the Oregon Health & Sciences University, and Portland State University, with a connection to Mt. Hood Community College.
Funding for the Division Transit Project is provided through FTA’s CIG program, which provides funding for major transit infrastructure projects nationwide. Projects accepted into the program must go through a multi-year, multi-step process according to requirements in law to be eligible for consideration to receive program funds.
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