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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$301,321,807

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

transportationexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-08-29·LATEST ACTION2026-04-13·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2022-012_069
Award description

THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA) IS APPLYING FOR $102400000 IN FFY2022 SECTION 5337 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR (SOGR) PROGRAM FUNDS APPORTIONED TO THE URBANIZED AREA (UZA). THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBALLOCATION OF FUNDS AS AGREED TO AMONG THE THREE RECIPIENTS WITHIN THE UZA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. WMATAS SPLIT LETTER IS ATTACHED TO THIS APPLICATION. THIS REQUEST IS COMPRISED OF $5150378 IN HIGH INTENSITY MOTORBUS (HIMB) FUNDING AND $97249622 IN SOGR FORMULA FUNDING. THESE FUNDS REQUIRE A 20% LOCAL MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF $25600000. THE NON-FEDERAL SHARE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. WMATAS CURRENT TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT (TAM) PLAN WAS ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 21 2018 AND WILL BE UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS BY OCTOBER 2022. PROJECTS INCLUDED HEREIN REFLECT THE GOALS OF THE TAM PLAN. THE APPLICATIONS FUNDS THE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES LISTED BELOW. PURPOSE OF AWARD: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE ROUTINE AND SCHEDULED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF METROS SYSTEM TRACK AND STRUCTURES AND METRO RAILCAR FLEET. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: WMATA WILL CONDUCT ROUTINE AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OF METROS RAILCAR FLEET AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF TRACK ALONG THE MAINLINE AND YARDS AND REHABILITATION OF TRACK STRUCTURES. EXPECTED OUTCOME: WMATA WILL PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR ITS CUSTOMERS AND WMATA EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE MODERN OPERATIONAL FACILITIES FOR MAINTAINING ASSETS AND RAIL OPERATIONS AND ENSURE A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR OF ITS ASSETS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: WMATAS BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATA EMPLOYEES AND WMATA CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND REGION. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds routine and preventive maintenance of Washington Metro's rail fleet, track, and structures to keep the system safe and operational.

Sub-sectors
transit-maintenanceformula-grantstate-of-good-repair
Why this matters

The latest obligation on a 2022 transit-maintenance program serving 3.6 million daily commuters across DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for rail maintenance contractors, spare parts suppliers, and track rehabilitation vendors in the DC metro region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.003332.

Period of performance
Start
2022-08-29
End
2026-03-13
Status
expired109 days ago
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Sources

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