IL-2025-031↗

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REQUEST FY2024 LOW OR NO EMISSION PROGRAM FUNDING THAT WAS AWARDED TO METROLINK IN THE AMOUNT OF $10000000. THE GRANT FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPANSION TO ITS DEPOT THAT IS SPECIFIC TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE STORAGE AND FIRE HAZARD MITIGATION.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AS WELL AS THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEPOT EXPANSION. AS NOTED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT REQUEST 5% OF PROJECT FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TRAINING AND MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUS STORAGE AND IMPLEMENT FIRE HAZARD MITIGATION TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MITIGATE THE RISK OF SERVICE DISRUPTION IF A THERMAL EVENT WERE TO OCCUR WITH METROLINKS ELECTRIC BUSES OR CHARGERS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INTENDED BENEFICIARIES ARE METROLINK FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT RELIES ON TRANSIT IN THE QUAD CITIES AREA AND BI-STATE REGION.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N/A

Project Grant (B) · Federal Transit Administration · to Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (UEI NNNJBJYX2AH7) · data as of 2026-09-30

Obligated to date$10.00M1 action

Period2026-07-21 → 2026-07-21first to last action

What it is

Program: Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (Assistance Listing 20.526)
Where the work is: IL
Funding law: Infrastructure law (IIJA)
Topics: electric_vehicles

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2026$10.00M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

1 action since 2026-07-21. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Amendment	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-07-21	0	New award	$10.00M	APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REQUEST FY2024 LOW OR NO EMISSION PROGRAM FUNDING THAT WAS AWARDED TO METROLINK IN THE AMOUNT OF $10000000. THE GRANT FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗