These grants would be released when used in combination with loan funding from the USDA's Rural Utilities Service to help enhance the economic feasibility of
these rural projects.
She also said that in
the rural project, prior to offering immunization there was a census undertaken to better understand the demographics of the targeted population.
[35] The reduced interest rate is only available to TIFIA direct loans for
Rural Projects where the subsidy cost of such loans is funded out of amounts set aside from the TIFIA Program's annual budget authority specifically for such reduced interest rate loans.
[36] The TIFIA Program may set aside up to 10 percent of its annual budget authority to fund the subsidy costs of TIFIA direct loans to
Rural Projects at the reduced interest rate.
Note also that the principal amount of a TIFIA direct loan to capitalize
a rural projects fund within a SIB may not exceed $ 100 million.
TIFIA direct loans may be provided to rural infrastructure projects, or under the FAST Act, to capitalize
rural projects funds within SIBs (these types of projects together,
Rural Projects), at a discounted interest rate of one - half of the Treasury Rate.
The TIFIA JPO has been authorized to use up to 10 percent of budgetary authority in FY 2013 and FY 2014 to provide credit assistance to qualifying
rural projects at 1/2 of the Treasury interest rate.
The TIFIA JPO is closely working with other project sponsors to ensure that
rural projects can proceed quickly through the review process.
Consequently, DOT has prioritized
rural projects based on location outside an urban area as defined in 23 U.S.C. Section 101 (a)(34), project cost, and readiness to proceed.
More than 65 percent of the most recent TIGER grants awarded went to rural, or mixed urban -
rural projects like yours.
The Administration understands that rural needs may well exceed this limit, and the Department will consider
rural projects to the greatest extent possible.
The INFRA grant program preserves the statutory requirement in the FAST Act to award at least 25 % of funding for
rural projects.
Among our recent initiatives is ensuring that at least one - quarter of our recently announced Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program will be utilized for
rural projects.
However, to the extent that the demand for the reduced interest rate exceed amounts available in the set - aside, [205] the DOT will establish a date by which sponsors of
Rural Projects should submit their TIFIA Letters of Interest.
[162] As defined in Section 2 - 2,
Rural Projects include rural infrastructure projects and projects to capitalize
rural projects funds within SIBs.
Highway, transit, passenger rail, certain freight facilities, certain port projects, rural infrastructure projects, transit - oriented development projects, and SIB
rural projects funds may receive credit assistance through the TIFIA Program.
TIFIA Program For all TIFIA projects, including the capitalization of
a rural projects fund in a SIB (with the exception noted below), the DOT must make a determination that Federal credit assistance would satisfy the following statutory mandates:
The federal share for urban projects must not exceed 80 percent of total project cost; this does not pertain to
rural projects, which may receive up to 100 percent federal funding.
[204] As defined in Section 2 - 2 herein to refer to both rural infrastructure projects and projects to capitalize
rural projects funds within SIBs.
In addition, all applicants for TIFIA credit assistance (other than in connection with projects to capitalize
a rural projects fund within a SIB) must demonstrated that the construction contracting process for the project can commence no more than 90 days after the execution of a TIFIA credit instrument.
[205] As noted above, 23 U.S.C. § 608 (a)(3)(A) limits TIFIA budget authority available for
Rural Projects receiving the reduced interest rate to not more than 10 percent of the total TIFIA budget authority in any fiscal year.
[202] However, as described in Section 4 - 1 below, the TIFIA Program may establish a date by which Letters of Interest for
Rural Projects should be submitted.
Currently, the Bureau will review requests for the reduced interest rate available for
Rural Projects [204] on a rolling basis.
[168] For a TIFIA direct loan to capitalize
a rural projects fund within a SIB, the DOT may consider dedicated revenue sources available to the SIB, including repayments from the SIB's loans for rural infrastructure projects.
(Sec. 20001) Amends TIFIA to authorize as an eligible transportation infrastructure project cost the capitalizing of
a rural projects fund using proceeds of secured loans made to state infrastructure banks to make loans for rural infrastructure projects.
LOBET: But for several years now, the Green Belt Movement has reached beyond even its many
rural projects and its occasional urban conflicts.
Private companies are buying the mostly
rural projects from local governments that don't have the funds or know - how...
«The «industrial chic» look works well with open shelves and suspended features, while in more
rural projects, we might use materials such as timber and wicker.
Having visited
the rural project in the south - east of Ethiopia, Annie was able to feel truly connected to the cause.
Not exact matches
The lobbyist said that
rural states would be most adversely impacted, noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion in federal funding for
rural infrastructure
projects, that may be a high enough compensatory figure.
Building contractors Aurora
Project Group and TR Homes have won a combined $ 12.6 million worth of work in
rural Western Australia for the state government.
So far, the device has arrived in nine communities in South Africa and seven in Paraguay, all part of another
project — supported by Coca - Cola and a coalition of other companies, including IBM, Qualcomm and UPS — to provide a modular unit called Ekocenter that brings water, power and other basic necessities to
rural communities.
Project Loon in particular seems to have hatched from a genuine desire to find new ways of providing Internet access to
rural areas.
It is already backing
projects with leading manufacturers in Kentucky and
rural Texas.
Sticking to a
rural theme, all might not be well with Margaret River's biggest (and ugliest)
project, the concrete mausoleum known as the Palandri winery.
Subcontractors are swamped with work, and according to the Urban Land Institute, the labor shortage in urban, suburban, and
rural areas is pushing back some
projects by months.
And
Project Wing's website says it previously also tested its technology in 2014 in Queensland, Australia, and has been working to improve its design at labs in Mountain View (where Alphabet is headquartered) and in
rural California.
In this episode, YPO member Sunil Lalvani, Group Managing Director of the Global Products Group Ltd. and Founder and CEO of
Project Maji, shares how he is going to bring sustainable clean water to millions of people in the
rural areas of Africa.
Both technologies offer
rural landowners opportunities as leaseholders and site - hosts for renewable
projects.
Many
rural communities would attract new renewable energy
projects and job opportunities.
Bringing a variation to the traditional IVR system, Gram Vaani has built voice - based helplines called vAutomate, the idea for which emerged from understanding the needs of
projects managed by various partners and clients working in
rural geographies.
About BSD - TEDA BSD - TEDA is a joint venture between the Beijing Science Park Development Group and Tianjin TEDA Investment Holdings created to promote the construction, development, investment and operation of the Sino - Canadian Low - Carbon Eco-District, a Canadian - Chinese cooperation
project supported by the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban -
Rural Development and Natural Resources Canada.
In other words «offering a new service» in a
rural business may not come with a glitzy email blast, but rather a quietly completed
project for a long - time customer.
As part of the discussions over Maryland's approval of the proposed $ 4.5 billion AltaGas / Washington Gas merger deal, Governor Larry Hogan's administration negotiated for the Canadian company to pay $ 103 million to kick start a natural gas pipeline expansion
project in
rural areas throughout Maryland, according to the Maryland Energy Administration.
The
project is aimed at providing Internet connectivity to remote and
rural areas.
Google X
Project Loon balloons may provide 22 MB / s Internet speeds to
rural and remote corners of the world by 2015, which experience no or weak Internet connection.
In bid to reduce carbon emissions, a group of Japanese technology and energy firms is launching a pilot
project aimed to allow consumers in
rural areas to trade renewable energy...
While counter-messages from the oil industry and environmental groups set the tone internationally, opposition to the pipeline by a handful of
rural landowners in Nebraska is what ended up tying the pipeline
project in the courts.
Fortune will continue to engage with the
Rural Municipality of Corman Park, the towns of Langham and Dalmeny, and local residents to communicate the
project's progress and address concerns.
«An investment in the wind power industry and in wind
projects generates new jobs, economic development in
rural counties and clean air benefits to all Coloradans.»