JAXPORT loses bid to win TIGER Grant money for downtown
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Once again, Jacksonville ends up missing out on winning TIGER Grant funding for transportation. Courtesy of Moderncities.com, here's a look at where the money is headed.
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Thanks for the correction. My source was a February Jax Daily Record article linked here:
JTA pursuing grant that could help alleviate train backups on Southbank
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=547071
However, JAXPORT applied for a $24 million TIGER grant to upgrade rail infrastructure at Talleyrand:
Jaxport applies for $24 million TIGER grant
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2016/04/25/jaxport-applies-for-24-million-tiger-grant.html
The JTA applied for a $22 million FASTLANE grant for the downtown Jax rail enhancements:
Local project in the running for multimillion-dollar federal grant
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2016/04/14/local-project-in-the-running-for-multimillion.html
The article has been edited to reflect this information.
JAXPORT or JTA?
JAXPORT applied and lost.
JTA applied for a different grant. No word on the status of that one. Keep your fingers crossed for JTA.
The Jax Daily Record article I used as a source, mixed up the grant names and agencies. The linked Jax Biz Journal article above list them correctly. Based on this, the article has been edited.