WILMINGTON, N.C. (WRMT) – On Tuesday, Senator Thom Tillis announced that $3.5 million in grant funding will go to identifying potential new rail routes or improvements across the state.
“This $3.5 million in grant funding to identify and develop potential rail lines across North Carolina could be transformational in how North Carolinians travel,” Senator Tillis said. “I’m proud these investments were made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that I helped negotiate, write, and pass into law.”
Those awarded would enter the first step of the program and develop a plan and scope, schedule, and cost estimate for the corridors.
Each corridor received $500,000 and a proposed Wilmington to Raleigh corridor.
The announcement states, “The proposed Corridor would connect Raleigh, NC to Wilmington, NC. The proposed Corridor would provide new service on an existing alignment, part of which has been abandoned and would need to be reconstructed, to include new stations.”
You can learn more about specific BIL infrastructure grants here.
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