2026-07981: Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program
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The Build America Bureau (Bureau) is making available for public comment a proposed guidance document that would set an interim policy for the preferred loan sizing for transit-oriented development (TOD) projects under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) credit programs. The interim policy would be applied only to active projects in the RRIF and TIFIA programs' pipeline that previously received a preliminary eligibility determination or initiated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process (i.e., USDOT has made an official class of action determination in writing based on detailed project information provided by the project sponsor). All other projects would need to apply (or reapply) once a final policy framework and updated application process for TOD projects are announced in a subsequent notice to be published in the near future.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
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