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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$242,155,926

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration
ACTION DATE2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2024-013_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO ENSURE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND SAFETY OF METRO RAIL STATIONS FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS AND ITS CUSTOMERS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: CARRY OUT ROUTINE AND SCHEDULED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF METROS SYSTEM TRACK AND STRUCTURES AND METRO RAILCAR FLEETS REHABILITATE PARKING FACILITIES REPLACE METRO STATION SECURITY GATES AND REHABILITATE METRO STATION COOLING SYSTEMS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION/IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED PROJECTS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 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

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds routine maintenance, safety upgrades, and rehabilitation of Washington Metro rail system facilities and equipment.

Sub-sectors
public-transitrail-infrastructuremaintenance-operations
Why this matters

Ensures reliable public transit infrastructure serving 3.5+ million residents across DC, Virginia, and Maryland region.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for rail maintenance equipment, security systems, HVAC components, and track/structural materials from domestic suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001477.

Period of performance
Start
2024-09-11
End
2028-06-30
Status
activein 777 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_DC-2024-013_069.

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