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FERRY BOAT PROGRAMS

Year

1997 (ISTEA)

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

FHWA Ferry Boat
Discretionary
Program

$18M

$30M

$38M

$38M

$38M

$38M

$38M

FTA Ferry Boat
Program

0

0

$14M

$14M

$14M

$14M

$14M

Ferry Boat Discretionary (FBD) Program [1207]

Administered by FHWA to fund the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.

Continues funding from the Highway Trust Fund; funds are subject to the overall limitation on Federal-aid obligations. [1207(b)]

The Federal share remains at 80 percent.

Establishes a new $20 million per year set-aside for NHS ferry facilities from FBD funds authorized for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003 as follows [1207(b)] :

TEA-21 expands eligibility for ferry boats and terminals beyond those that are publicly owned to also include those that are publicly operated or those that are majority publicly owned and provide substantial public benefit. [1207(a)]

Study [1207(c)]

Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of ferry transportation in the United States and its possessions to identify—

Transit Ferry Boat Program [3009(g)]

Administered by FTA.

A total of $14 million/year for FYs 1999-2003 is authorized to be set aside from the New Starts program under Transit Capital Investment Grants and Loans for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems that are ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities, or that are approaches to ferry terminal facilities.

Ferry service that meets the definition of mass transit continues to be eligible for funding under Capital Investment Grants and Loans, Urbanized Area Formula Grants program, and Formula Grants for Other than Urbanized Areas.

September 14, 1998


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