On January 28, 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) would receive $1.25 billion as part of the High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program.  To view the FRA letter to FDOT announcing the selection decisions click here.

To view the complete list of FRA fund recipients click here.

Information and the supporting documents for the FRA application process are listed below.

FRA Pre-application: July 10, 2009.  To view this application click here.

FRA Track 1b Application (Orlando to Miami segment): August 24, 2009.  This application requested $30 million to conduct a project development and environment study of the Orlando to Miami high speed rail corridor.  To view the Track 1b application click here.

FRA Track 2 Application (Tampa to Orlando segment): October 2, 2009. The application requested $2.6 billion to design-build-maintain and operate the high speed rail system within the Tampa to Orlando segment.  To view the Track 2 application click here.

FRA Planning Grant Application (Orlando to Miami segment): May 19, 2010.
The Florida Department of Transportation applied for $8 million in federal high speed rail funds from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to accelerate the planning work for the federally designated 220-mile Orlando-Miami high speed rail corridor.  This is in addition to $2 million in state funds that FDOT has allocated to this segment.  Click here to view the application.


The FDOT proposes eventual statewide, high speed rail service, starting in the Tampa-Orlando-Miami corridor.  Under the FRA program, the FDOT plans to construct the first segment by late 2014 and the second segment by late 2017.  

For more information on the FRA program click here.  To view other FDOT stimulus projects click here.