Itemization of transportation assistance projects

Act 22 of 2000, § 6, under CAPITAL BUDGET ACT OF 2000-2001.

Act 22 of 2000, § 6

Section 6. Itemization of transportation assistance projects.

(a) Mass transit.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for mass transit in which an interest is to be acquired or constructed by the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized, together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:

Project

Total

Project

Allocation

(1) Berks and Reading Transportation Authority

(i) FFY 1999 Section 3 Acquisition of 15 Replacement Transit Buses

833,000

(Base Project Allocation - $833,000)

(ii) FFY 1999 Section 9 Acquisition of 10 Paratransit Vehicles

416,000

(Base Project Allocation - $416,000)

(iii) FFY 2000 Section 3 Acquisition of 16 Transit Buses

1,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,000,000)

(iv) FFY 1999 Section 9 Acquisition of 10 Paratransit Vehicles

500,000

(Base Project Allocation - $500,000)

(v) Downtown Intermodal Facility, Phase II

500,000

(Base Project Allocation - $500,000)

(2) Beaver County Transit Authority

(i) Construction of an Expressway Travel Center

563,000

(Base Project Allocation - $563,000)

(ii) Installation of Mobility Manager Technology

200,000

(Base Project Allocation - $200,000)

(iii) Acquisition and development of former K-Mart store site and construction of a fleet maintenance center

1,000,000

(3) Centre Area Transit Authority

(i) Intermodal Transit Center

833,000

(Base Project Allocation - $833,000)

(ii) Expansion of Administrative and Operations Offices

83,000

(Base Project Allocation - $83,000)

(iii) Park-n-Ride Lots

100,000

(Base Project Allocation - $100,000)

(4) Cambria County Transit Authority

(i) Satellite Operations and Maintenance Facility

133,000

(Base Project Allocation - $133,000)

(5) Lackawanna County Transit System

(i) Downtown Intermodal Transit Facility

208,000

(Base Project Allocation - $208,000)

(6) Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority

(i) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Bus Acquisition

340,000

(Base Project Allocation - $340,000)

(ii) FFY 1999 Transit Bus Acquisition

325,000

(Base Project Allocation - $325,000)

(iii) FFY 2000 Transit Bus Acquisition

188,000

(Base Project Allocation - $188,000)

(7) Fayette County Transit

(i) Bus Acquisition

431,000

(Base Project Allocation - $431,000)

(8) Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority

(i) Bus Procurement

533,000

(Base Project Allocation - $533,000)

(9) Port Authority of Allegheny County

(i) Bus Procurement

10,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $10,000,000)

(ii) North Shore Connector

23,333,000

(Base Project Allocation - $23,333,000)

(iii) FFY 1999 through 2002 Additional Federal Flex Funding

1,250,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,250,000)

(iv) Fiscal year 2002-2003 Infrastructure Safety Renewal Program

13,700,000

(v) Fiscal year 2003-2004 Infrastructure Safety Renewal Program

13,700,000

(vi) Fiscal year 2004-2005 Infrastructure Safety Renewal Program

13,700,000

(vii) Fiscal year 2002-2003 Vehicle Overhaul

5,000,000

(viii) Fiscal year 2003-2004 Vehicle Overhaul

5,000,000

(ix) Fiscal year 2004-2005 Vehicle Overhaul

5,000,000

(x) Environmental Program

6,000,000

(xi) Fiscal year 2002-2003 Section 9 Program of Projects

7,092,000

(xii) Fiscal year 2003-2004 Section 9 Program of Projects

7,163,000

(xiii) Fiscal year 2004-2005 Section 9 Program of Projects

7,235,000

(xiv) Fiscal year 2002-2003 Fixed Guideway Modernization Program

4,348,000

(xv) Fiscal year 2003-2004 Fixed Guideway Modernization Program

4,392,000

(xvi) Fiscal year 2004-2005 Fixed Guideway Modernization Program

4,435,000

(xvii) Fiscal year 2002-2003 Federal Flex

1,290,000

(xviii) Fiscal year 2003-2004 Federal Flex

1,290,000

(xix) Fiscal year 2004-2005 Federal Flex

1,290,000

(xx) Establishment of high-speed Maglev between Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, the City of Pittsburgh and Greensburg in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties

60,000,000

(xxi) Five-mile extension of busway from Route 22 to Carnegie

20,000,000

(10) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

(i) FFY 2001 Section 9 Program

10,833,000

(Base Project Allocation - $10,833,000)

(ii) FFY 2001 Section 3 Fixed Guideway Program

15,625,000

(Base Project Allocation - $15,625,000)

(iii) Girard Avenue Light Rail Infrastructure

625,000

(Base Project Allocation - $625,000)

(iv) Extension of Rail Service, Elwyn to Wawa

1,667,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,667,000)

(v) Frankfort Transportation Center

1,042,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,042,000)

(vi) Paoli Transportation Center

208,000

(Base Project Allocation - $208,000)

(vii) 1999-2000 Vehicle Overhaul

42,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $42,000,000)

(viii) 2000-2001 Vehicle Overhaul

42,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $42,000,000)

(ix) Silverliner Propulsion System Upgrades

625,000

(Base Project Allocation - $625,000)

(x) FFY 2001 Bus Purchase

3,563,000

(Base Project Allocation - $3,563,000)

(xi) FFY 2001 Flex Funding Program

3,698,000

(Base Project Allocation - $3,698,000)

(xii) 1999-2000 Infrastructure Safety Renewal Projects

30,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $30,000,000)

(xiii) 2000-2001 Infrastructure Safety Renewal Projects

30,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $30,000,000)

(xiv) ((xiv) repealed June 22, 2004, P.L.257, No.40)

(xv) Cross Country Metro - Preliminary Engineering

417,000

(xvi) Schuylkill Valley Metro - Preliminary Engineering

1,667,000

(11) Shenango Valley Shuttle Service

(i) Bus Purchase

88,000

(Base Project Allocation - $88,000)

(12) Department of Transportation

(i) Additional Funding for the Keystone Rail Initiative

4,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,000,000)

(ii) Preconstruction of a regional high-speed magnetic levitation demonstration project

1,250,000

(b) Rural and intercity rail.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for rural and intercity rail service projects to be constructed or with respect to which an interest is to be acquired by the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized, together with their respective estimated financial costs, as follows:

Project

Total

Project

Allocation

(1) Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad

(i) Armstrong County

(A) Rehabilitation of Allegheny River Bridge of Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, including replacement of ties, bearings and decking repairs

880,000

(Base Project Allocation - $800,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $80,000)

(ii) Butler County

(A) Rehabilitation of Butler Yard, including rehabilitation of area sidings and the replacement of rail, ties, switches and surfacing

1,320,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,200,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $120,000)

(iii) Clearfield County

(A) Rehabilitation of the DuBois Yard, including replacement of rail, ties, switches and surfacing to handle 286,000-pound cars

1,320,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,200,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $120,000)

(2) Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad

(i) Armstrong County

(A) Construction of rail siding to access Freeport Terminal located in Freeport, from the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, including a new rail spur with multiple sidings for transfer and loading and unloading of various commodities and construction of a connection to existing railroad, including access under the Norfolk Southern Conemaugh Line

3,850,000

(Base Project Allocation - $3,500,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $350,000)

(B) Construction of a new rail siding to access Rosebud Mining Clinton Reserve to handle the equivalent of 240 cars for continuous loading and unloading off the main line. Include all rail infrastructure, including excavation

2,750,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,500,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $250,000)

(ii) Upgrade Pittsburgh & Shawmut Connection at Falls Creek

330,000

(Base Project Allocation - $300,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $30,000)

(iii) Upgrade Riker Yard at Punxsutawney to increase capacity, including rail, railroad ties, ballast, switches and other related infrastructure improvements, and expand Butler Yard capacity, including rail, railroad ties, ballast, additional switches and other related infrastructure improvements

1,100,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $100,000)

(iv) Replace selected rail and railroad ties on various curves and replace various switches and signals to handle additional stress and weight between Punxsutawney and Bradford

1,320,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,200,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $120,000)

(3) Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

(i) For the acquisition, rehabilitation, reconstruction and construction of railroad track on a right-of-way located on and adjacent to the new Dependable Distribution site between Buckius Street and Orthodox Street. These funds will be used for any and all work, including, but not limited to, acquisition, design, engineering and consultative services, switches and sidetracks, and power transmission tower relocation, necessary to reactivate and activate the rail line and rail service into and on the site

1,000,000

(4) Philadelphia County, SJA Construction Inc.

(i) Rehabilitation of track, including rail, ties, switches and any other track-related repair work and the purchase of required loading and unloading equipment for use at the rail facility at Girard Point

900,000

(5) Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Company

(i) Rehabilitation of the track, including cross tie replacement, grade crossing renewal, track surfacing, signal repair and any other related track repair work, Berks, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Schuylkill and Wyoming Counties

1,500,000

(ii) Replacement of welded rail land and any other related track repair work, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

1,500,000

(6) Delaware and Hudson Railway

(i) Columbia County

(A) Rehabilitation of Delaware and Hudson main line from milepost 722 to milepost 729, including ballast undercuts and replacement of ties and worn rail

1,403,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,275,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $128,000)

(ii) Lackawanna County

(A) Install new track and turnouts to expand switching capacity at Taylor Yard to service growing customer needs in Northeast Pennsylvania

2,750,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,500,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $250,000)

(iii) Luzerne County

(A) Rebuild former railroad siding in Hanover to increase capacity on Sunbury main line of Delaware and Hudson Railway and to reduce rail congestion and provide better customer service

2,200,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $200,000)

(B) Rehabilitation of Delaware and Hudson main line from milepost 688 to milepost 713, including ballast undercuts and replacement of ties and worn rail

1,084,000

(Base Project Allocation - $985,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $99,000)

(C) Refurbish approximately 3,000 feet of track and install and rehabilitate turnout at former Nanticoke Yard to handle transfer of bulk commodities

990,000

(Base Project Allocation - $900,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $90,000)

(D) Rehabilitate and construct facility village intermodal facility at Avoca for transloading various consumer commodities at a former brownfield industrial site

2,200,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $200,000)

(E) Rebuild approximately 5,000 feet of track infrastructure at old Honey Pot Yard at Nanticoke situate in Newport Township for the location of a bulk transfer facility

633,000

(Base Project Allocation - $575,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $58,000)

(iv) Philadelphia County

(A) Phase III extension of the D & H product handling facilities at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, including, but not limited to, all railroad track infrastructure and auxiliary improvements to increase the capacity of the intermodal facility

1,760,000

(7) North Shore Railroad

(i) Northumberland County

(A) Construct new interchange track with SEDA-COG system of North Shore Railroad and Delaware and Hudson to handle new customer traffic demands

1,595,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,450,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $145,000)

(8) Taylor Intermodal

(i) Lackawanna County

(A) Rehabilitation of rail infrastructure at the Taylor Intermodal Facility of Northeast Freight transfer to increase capacity and improve customer service

1,076,000

(Base Project Allocation - $979,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $97,000)

(9) Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc.

(i) Construction of a new siding at Sinking Spring to increase the safety and efficiency of the interchange between Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc., and Norfolk Southern

231,000

(10) Novolog, Inc.

(i) Bucks County

(A) Rail rehabilitation project

1,000,000

(11) R.J. Corman Railroad Company

(i) Rehabilitation of the rail line known as the Clearfield Cluster, located in Cambria, Clearfield, Centre, Indiana and Jefferson Counties

2,000,000

(12) Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, LLC

(i) York County

(A) Rehabilitation of two rail sidings used for storage of plastic cars at the West York yard; rehabilitation of the tracks at the Hanover yard consisting of five switches and two tracks; and including the rehabilitation of three bridges

250,000

(13) Norfolk Southern

(i) Pittsburgh to Altoona Mainline

(A) Increase capacity for freight and passenger trains by adding a third track, including, but not limited to, engineering, track construction, realignment, grading, drainage, communications and signal and all other associated costs

117,000,000

(ii) Altoona to Harrisburg Mainline

(A) Increase capacity for freight and passenger trains by adding a third track, including, but not limited to, engineering, track construction, realignment, grading, drainage, communications and signal and all other associated costs

132,000,000

(iii) Ohio line to Pittsburgh Mainline

(A) Increase capacity for freight and passenger trains by adding a third track, including, but not limited to, engineering, track construction, realignment, grading, drainage, communications and signal and all other associated costs

70,000,000

(14) Yorkrail, LLC

(i) York County

(A) Upgrade of switches in the classification yard to meet FRA's approved minimum standards and upgrade of highway crossings at Zarfoss Road

300,000

(15) Berks County Office of Community and Economic Development

(i) Drug Plastics, Inc., Berks and Montgomery Counties

(A) Acquisition of the Colebrookdale Industrial Track, known as USRA Line No. 909, and all appurtenant property between milepost 0.00 at Colebrookdale Junction in Pottstown and milepost 8.60 at Boyertown

416,000

(16) Lackawaxen-Honesdale Shippers Association, Inc.

(i) Wayne and Pike Counties

(A) Purchase and rehabilitation of the Honesdale Branch, known as the USRA Line No. 1238, and all appurtenant property between milepost 110.26 at Lackawaxen and milepost 135.00 at Honesdale

1,600,000

(17) South Pittsburgh Industrial

(i) Washington and Allegheny Counties

(A) Rehabilitation of the railroad, including infrastructure improvements and modifications to handle 286,000-pound cars

1,100,000

(18) Brandywine Valley Railroad Company

(i) Rehabilitate track structure to handle 286,000-pound cars and to improve track speeds on USRA Line No. 907 from 10 mph to 25 mph between Pennsylvania/Delaware state line to Coatesville

428,000

(19) CSX Trenton line

(i) Bucks and Philadelphia Counties

(A) Establish double stack vertical clearances on the CSX Trenton line between Park Junction at Philadelphia City and the State line

10,000,000

(20) Allegheny County

(i) Allegheny Valley Railroad, for track improvements, upgrades and crossing upgrades to the Allegheny Valley Branch of the Allegheny Valley Railroad to accommodate commuter rail service

15,000,000

(21) Armstrong County

(i) Expansion of existing line and upgrade of existing line of the Kiski Junction Railroad

1,000,000

(ii) Extension of the existing railroad line for connection to an intermodal facility located in Armstrong County

5,000,000

(22) Lackawanna County

(i) Purchase and construction of rail line from Scranton to Lackawanna County Multipurpose Stadium in the Borough of Moosic, including rolling stock

10,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $9,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $1,000,000)

(ii) Rail line rehabilitation from Wilkes-Barre to Lackawanna Multipurpose Stadium in the Borough of Moosic

5,000,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $1,000,000)

(23) Livonia Avon and Lakeville Railroad

(i) Former Erie-Lackawanna track

(A) Upgrade and rebuild former Erie-Lackawanna track in Warren, Erie and Crawford Counties in order to restart rail service to Hornell, New York. Work may include, but is not limited to, cross ties, grade crossing renewal, track replacement and renewal, signal repair and ballast

3,250,000

(Base Project Allocation - $3,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $250,000)

(c) Air transportation.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for air transportation service to which an interest is to be acquired by the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized, together with their respective estimated financial costs, as follows:

Project

Total

Project

Allocation

(1) Bedford County

(i) Bedford County Air Industrial Park Authority

(A) Construction of a corporate hangar

375,000

(2) Carbon County

(i) Carbon County Airport, Construction of two 10-unit T-hangars and associated site improvements and taxiway improvements

611,000

(3) Crawford County

(i) Port Meadville Airport

(A) Construction of six single aircraft hangars

275,000

(4) Dauphin County

(i) Harrisburg International Airport

(A) Enhancement to existing airport terminal facilities and construction of new terminal area improvements

7,000,000

(5) Erie County

(i) Erie Municipal Airport

(A) Land acquisition and safety improvements for runway 6-24

5,000,000

(B) Ramp improvements for Terminal, Phase II

4,000,000

(C) Relocate or extend runway 6-24

22,500,000

(6) York County

(i) Air Transportation Authority of York County, Replacement of hangars at York Airport

565,000

(ii) Capital City Airport

(A) Rehabilitation of existing aviation facilities and construction of new hangars

500,000

(7) Blair County Airport Authority

(i) Altoona/Blair County Airport

(A) Construction of two T-hangar units

750,000

(8) Schuylkill County Airport Authority

(i) Joe Zerbey Airport

(A) Design and construction of runway extension, precision landing system and approach lighting; hangar construction, apron expansion and construction, navigational equipment and Jet "A" Fuel Facility

2,500,000

(9) Williamsport Municipal Airport Authority

(i) Williamsport Regional Airport

(A) Reconstruct Textron hangar, removal of trees obstructing runway approaches and rehabilitation of deteriorating emergency access road, Kremsers Landing, at Williamsport Regional Airport

1,125,000

(B) Extension of runway 9/27 to 7,100 feet to accommodate air freight and air passenger needs

5,200,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,160,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $1,040,000)

(10) Cambria County

(i) Ebensburg Municipal Airport, rehabilitation of existing aviation facilities and construction of new hangars, taxiways and an airport administrative building

1,000,000

(11) Luzerne County

(i) Enhancement to existing airport terminal facilities and construction of new terminal area improvements at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport

5,000,000

(12) Greene County

(i) Greene County Airport, including land acquisition, site preparation and building construction

12,000,000

(6 added June 22, 2000, P.L.136, No.27)