Posts Tagged ‘transportation funding’

The Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor, through the Harford County (Md.) Office of Procurement, is requesting bids for a review of telework/flexible commuting alternatives and best practices, along with a feasibility study, for the Aberdeen Proving Ground community. The project includes two parts: (1) A study of flexible commuting alternatives feasibility/best practice assessment looking at uses of flexible commuting policy and initiatives, preferably federal and DOD-oriented, from across the country as they relate to addressing traffic mitigation issues …

Leaders in northeastern Maryland and the surrounding region believe a new transportation center opening this week at Aberdeen Proving Ground will help make a dent in traffic congestion at the post by reducing workers’ reliance on single-occupant vehicles. The APG-Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor Transportation Center’s primary goal will be to encourage military and civilian employees of the post’s 90 tenant organizations and nearby defense contractors to consider alternative commuting options, including commuter rail, a private bus line providing service to New Jersey, car and vanpools, and the Guaranteed Ride Home Program …

Planners from an eight-county region surrounding Fort Meade, Md., are focusing on transportation demand management as their primary approach to address the traffic-clogged roads leading to the post located between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. The installation already has tripled the number of its employees in the last decade and is projected to grow from a workforce of 56,000 today to 70,000 over the next 20 years …

State grants announced Monday will help Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties on the Florida Panhandle purchase land and make other infrastructure improvements to support local installations. Okaloosa was awarded two grants totaling $381,245. One will be used to purchase land along the Shoal River near Duke Field — part of Eglin AFB — as part of an ongoing effort to buffer the facility from development …

The commonwealth of Massachusetts is providing $2.5 million in infrastructure grants to upgrade the main road leading to the Army Natick Soldier Systems Center outside of Boston, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray announced this week. The award stems from the work of the state Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force that the governor created in February to support Massachusetts’ six military installations …

Tens of millions of dollars in road projects are under way at three Maryland installations that have gained significant new missions and personnel as a result of the 2005 round of base closures, reports the Baltimore Sun. An $18 million project to upgrade a key intersection leading to Aberdeen Proving Ground recently has begun, with work slated to continue for another year. Average daily traffic on one of the highways passing through the intersection has grown has grown almost 60 percent since the BRAC recommendations were announced. The other highway has experienced an increase in traffic of 3,000 daily vehicles …

Montgomery County, Md., and Lakewood, Wash., will receive construction grants to improve transportation access to military medical facilities, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Monday during his remarks at the ADC 2012 Annual Conference. Montgomery County’s $40 million grant is intended to provide an easier commute for patients, service members and civilian employees of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. Lakewood is receiving $5.7 million for improvements to the Freedom Bridge overpass near the Madigan Army Medical Center gate at Joint Base Lewis-McChord …

The Pentagon on Monday released $180 million to widen U.S. Route 1 through Fort Belvoir for a project intended to ease access to the Northern Virginia post for patients, service members and civilian workers at the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. The funds were disbursed by the Office of Economic Adjustment under a $300 million appropriation in the fiscal 2011 defense spending bill for transportation projects needed to improve access to medical facilities affected by BRAC 2005 …

Communities in 33 states will benefit from $29 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation intended to improve transit access for veterans and military families. The Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative, which is funded and managed by the Federal Transit Administration, supports efforts by local governments and transit agencies to implement technologies — ranging from smartphone applications to real-time transit bus locator information — that make it easier for veterans and others to access and schedule rides on available buses, vans, taxis and other transportation systems …

The state of Maryland has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction of a new station on a commuter rail line serving Aberdeen Proving Ground. About 8,200 new positions came to the proving ground as a result of BRAC 2005, bringing the installation’s workforce to 22,000. The grant will pay for converting the Edgewood, Md., station from a platform to a fully functioning MARC station …