VA-2022-030

This is an FFY2021 Section 5307 ARP funding application (Washington DC area UZA) in the amount of $136,695,827 representing 100% federal share of the total eligible amount. This grant utilizes ARP funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

The application scope of work includes operating assistance for the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC), Virginia Railway Express (VRE), and Fredericksburg Regional (FRED) Transit. VRE and FRED Transit are sub-recipients to PRTC. The split letter dated June 1, 2021, is attached in TRAMS.

Purpose: The purpose of this award is to provide operating assistance to PRTC and PRTC's sub-recipients VRE and FRED Transit to assist in recovering from COVID-19.

Activities to be performed: Funds will be used to cover expenses for bus and commuter rail service, particularly expenses that would have normally been paid by passenger revenue, including operator and staff salaries and fringes, fuel, and other ongoing operating and maintenance expenses.

Expected outcomes: Funding will permit PRTC, VRE, and FRED Transit to continue to provide operations that would otherwise have to be cut due to lack of funding.

Intended beneficiaries: PRTC, VRE, FRED Transit, and the riders that rely on its service will benefit from continued services, permitting workers to get to work and riders to get to essential services.

Subrecipient activities: VRE and FRED Transit, PRTC's subrecipients, will receive ARP funds for operating assistance.

The recipient agrees that if it receives federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or through a pass-through entity through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, a different federal agency, or insurance proceeds for any portion of a project activity approved for FTA funding under this grant agreement, it will provide written notification to FTA and reimburse FTA for any federal share that duplicates funding provided by FEMA, another federal agency, or an insurance company.

Per ARP Act requirements, the projects in this application are not required to be programmed in the long-range transportation plan, statewide transportation plan, or statewide transportation improvement program.

PRTC certifies that the expenditure for security projects is not necessary pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5307(C)(1)(J)).

County Of Prince William

20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants

FTA Region 3 [DOT - FTA]

FTA Office of Budget and Policy [DOT - FTA]

Virginia United States

State-Wide

None

COVID-19 $136,695,827 (100%) percent of this Project Grant was funded by COVID-19 emergency acts including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.