Section 16. Limited waiver of local requirements.
(a) Mass transit.--The limitation on Department of Transportation funding of capital projects under 74 Pa.C.S. § 1302(4) shall be totally waived for the capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for mass transit contained in section 5(A)(18)(III), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii) and (20)(xiv), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii).
(b) Local rail.--Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, there shall be no local match funding requirement for the Intermodal Deployment Program for Barge Rail/Truck Transportation of Containerized Freight between the Port of Erie through the Port of Pittsburgh to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers proposal and development as described in section 5.