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Tampa-to-Orlando... Central Florida Gets Grant for Initial Work On Rail Line

Central Florida has received a federal grant to support the preliminary engineering activities and environmental approvals needed to construct an intercity, high-speed passenger rail system between Orlando International Airport and Tampa.

The bipartisan announcement was made June 1 by five of the state’s U.S. House members: Reps. Darren Soto, Dan Webster, Stephanie Murphy, Gus Bilirakis and Val Demings.

The award of up to $15.8 million came from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program. It will go toward Central Florida’s Sunshine Corridor and Brightline’s proposed Tampa to Orlando passenger rail project.

Brightline, the privately run high-speed rail service, will match the funds from the federal grant to create a total investment in the pre-construction phase of $31.75 million.

The CRISI grant application received substantial community and bipartisan support, Brightline noted in its June 1 news release.

The country’s only provider of modern, eco-friendly intercity passenger rail travel, the passenger train service is currently running between Miami and West Palm Beach. At the same time, Brightline is building an extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando, which is expected to be finished at the end of this year and carry passengers in 2023.

An extension to Tampa is the next step in connecting 70 percent of the state’s population by its rail service, company officials said in the news release.

The project’s pre-construction efforts will include 15 percent and 30 percent design completion for the Orlando to Tampa route, which includes working within existing travel corridors and the Interstate 4 median, Brightline noted.