FTA Releases Initial Guidance For Capital Investment Grants Program

Transit authorities across the nation rely on the Capital Investments Grants ("CIG") program administered by the Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") to fund major capital expenses for expansion and core capacity projects. The CIG program is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 5309, and FTA currently administers the program in accordance with its "Final Interim Policy Guidance" published in June 2016.

The recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (P.L. 117-58; "IIJA") amended the CIG program statute. Consequently, FTA has prepared initial guidance on the IIJA revisions to the CIG program and is soliciting comments from all interested parties through April 14, 2022. This initial guidance seeks comment on the changes to the CIG program made in the IIJA and covers the following three topics: (1) project eligibility; (2) procedures related to meeting Transit Asset Management targets; and (3) how bundles of CIG projects can enter the Project Development phase of the