$1.1 Billion Available for Railroad Crossing Safety Improvements

KEY INFORMATION

Opportunity Number: FR-RCE-26-001

Agency: Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration

Total Program Funding: $1,146,528,000

Cost Share: 20% minimum

Est. Number of Awards: 120

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The purpose of the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program is to fund highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects, including but not limited to grade crossing elimination projects, that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods.

Outcomes of selected projects will include:

• Safety: Reduce incidents at highway-rail grade crossings, trespass incidents, and train accidents.

• Improvement of Mobility of People and Goods: Eliminate highway-rail and pathway rail grade crossings that are blocked by trains to enhance rail safety and the safety of communities and reduce the impacts of freight movement and railroad operations on underserved communities.

 

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS 

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

• Track Relocation

• The improvement or installation of protective devices, signals, signs, or other measures to improve safety, provided that such activities are related to a separation or relocation project described above.

• Other means to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods at highway-rail grade crossings, including technological solutions.

• A group of related projects described above that would collectively improve the mobility of people and goods.

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

 

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Eligible entities include:

• States;

• A political subdivision of a State;

• A Federally recognized Indian Tribe;

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

• A public port authority; or

• A metropolitan planning organization.

 

KEY DATES 

Full Application Due Date: June 8, 2026

 

RESOURCES 

See the full NOFO here. 

Read the press release here.