SEPTA receives $86.8 million grant

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA received a multi-million dollar financial boost on Monday from a federal grant.

The grant, worth $86.8 million, will go towards seven infrastructure projects to protect against weather-related impact.

It is funded through the Federal Transit Administration Emergency Relief Program.

That agency was funded after Hurricane Sandy.

SEPTA released the following information pertaining to the projects that will be funded by the grant:

$18.7 million to Railroad Embankment and Slope Stabilization Project - Stabilize and harden soil and rock slopes along a series railroad cuts in Montgomery and Delaware Counties, serving the Warminster, West Trenton, and Lansdale/Doylestown and Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Lines.

$3.8 million to Sharon Hill Line Flood Mitigation Project - Construct a pumped drainage system, providing relief from flooding on the Route 102 Sharon Hill Trolley Line in Delaware County.

$32 million to Railroad Signal Power Reinforcement Project - Reinforce signal power across the Regional Rail system.

$9 million to Ancillary Control Center Project - Construct a back-up control center facility at a strategic location in the City of Philadelphia to allow for remote dispatching of transit service in the event of an emergency.

$3.7 million to Subway Pump Room Emergency Power Project - Install an integrated series of emergency power systems for pump rooms throughout SEPTA's subway tunnels in the City of Philadelphia.

$15 million to Jenkintown Area Flood Mitigation Project - Study and implement improvements to the hydrologic conditions at Jenkintown, which SEPTA describes as a key hub in their Regional Rail network in Montgomery County.

$4.5 million to Manayunk/Norristown Line Shoreline Stabilization Project - Stabilize 2.45 miles of railroad right of way adjacent to the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County.

For more information visit septa.org.