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Assembly Street rail corridor consolidation
Assembly Street Railroad Corridor and Consolidation - consolidation and grade separation of Norfolk Southern and CSX lines south of downtown Columbia
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- Buyer
- City of Columbia, South Carolina
- Where
- South Carolina · Columbia
- Segments
- Track, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
- Status
- Planned — FRA selected a crossing-elimination grant for the project in January 2025.
- Value band
- $100–500m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Pe agreements November 2021 · Fra agreement period October 2017 · Fra rce selection announced January 2025
Status in full
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FRA selected a crossing-elimination grant for the project in January 2025. Environmental review and design were under way in 2025, and no construction contract is published.
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- Exact value
- How the figure was arrived at
- Key dates (3)
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5 sources · 3 primary
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SCDOT · 2022 Rail Plan Analysis Implementation Update, January 2023, filed with the General Assembly: SCDOT as State Rail Transportation Authority, BUILD award for the Upstate Express project, Camp Hall INFRA award, Assembly Street consolidation. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Office of Rep. James E. Clyburn · Release of 10 January 2025: USDOT/FRA Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program awards of $204.2 million for the Assembly Street Railroad Project in Columbia and $940,000 for Rivers Avenue grade separation planning in North Charleston. FRA's own selections PDF returns 403. (published 2025-01-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ SCBIZ · 'Columbia receives $204M in federal funding for railroad improvements', 16 January 2025 (Secondary): City of Columbia, Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program, Assembly Street Railroad Separation Project, 20 per cent non-federal match from the city, Richland County and SCDOT. (published 2025-01-16 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ The Columbia Star · 'Railroad improvements move one step closer', 16 January 2025 (Secondary): funding stack of $279 million ($204 million RCE, $10 million congressionally directed spending, $35 million State, $5 million City, $25 million pending Richland County penny), estimated total $265 to $305 million. (published 2025-01-16 · checked 2026-10-08)
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