Infrastructure Funding

Bringing Infrastructure Dollars Home

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will help bring American roads, rail, and bridges into the 21st Century and beyond. This bipartisan legislation includes record investments in public transportation, safe water, broadband, electric vehicle infrastructure, the Long Island Sound, and much more. 

I've created this resource to help our communities learn more about the programs in this historic bill and understand how to access funding from it. Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will primarily be delivered through formula-based funding and competitive funding opportunities. 

Formula-Based Funding is generally apportioned to the states by formula, and implementation is left primarily to state agencies. Competitive or Discretionary Funding is awarded on a competitive basis through an application process specified by the federal agency making the grant. Each program's selection criteria is outlined in the grant solicitation. Municipalities and organizations in Connecticut's Fourth District may request a letter of support from my office for grant applications by completing this form. 

Please contact my office at (203) 333-6600 if you have any questions about these federal programs or want to learn more about accessing funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Grant Application Due Date Calendar

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022

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Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Grants

October 4, 2022

Funding: $5,000,000,000

Description: To fund projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail.

Eligible Recipients: State; group of states; interstate compact; public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more states; political subdivision of a state; Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation; Class II railroad or Class III railroad; rail carrier or rail equipment manufacturer in partnership with at least one of these earlier entities; Transportation Research Board and any entity with which it contracts in the development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs; university transportation center engaged in rail-related research; non-profit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees of rail carriers or rail carrier contractors.

Eligible Uses: Eligible projects include a wide range of freight and passenger rail capital, safety technology deployment, planning, environmental analyses, research, workforce development, and training projects. New eligibilities include: (1) measures to prevent trespassing on railroad property; (2) preparation of emergency plans for communities through which hazardous materials are transported by rail; (3) research, development, and testing to advance innovative rail projects; and (4) rehabilitating, remanufacturing, procuring, or overhauling locomotives to reduce emissions.

Deadline: October 4, 2022

Learn More: Here

Railroad Crossing Elimination Grants

October 4, 2022

Funding: $3,000,000,000

Description: To provide funds for the mitigation or elimination of hazards at railway highway crossings. 

Eligible Recipients: 

  • States, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other United States territories and possessions;

  • Political subdivision of a state;

  • Federally recognized Indian Tribe;

  • A unit of local government or a group of local governments;

  • A public port authority;

  • A metropolitan planning organization;

  • A group of the entities described above.

Eligible Uses: 

  • Grade separation or closure, including through the use of a bridge, embankment, tunnel, or combination thereof;

  • Track relocation;

  • Improvement or installation of protective devices, signals, signs, or other; 

  • Measures  to improve safety related to a separation, closure, or track relocation project;

  • Other means to improve the safety if related to the mobility of people and goods at highway-rail grade crossings (including technological solutions);

  • The planning, environmental review, and design of an eligible project type.

Deadline: October 4, 2022

Learn More: Here