The three entities that received Fiscal Year 2022-2023 IRC Program funding are as follows:
- Illinois – MIPRC Expansion Project (Up to $300,000) Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC)
- Louisiana – SRC Rail-Ready Project: Building Capacity to Expand Passenger Rail across the American South (Up to $400,000) Southern Rail Commission (SRC)
- North Carolina – VA-NC Compact Administration & Southeast Rail Network Analysis Project (Up to $200,000) North Carolina DOT on behalf of the Virginia – North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact Commission (VA-NC HSR Compact)
$900k is like pissing in the wind, what are they going to accomplish with that?
They mention that at least some of this money is to complete the application for big boi federal grants.