DC wins TIGER VI grant for Long Bridge; could pay off for cyclists

The US DOT announced the winners of 72 TIGER  (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery)  grants on Friday and DC won one for the Long Bridge NEPA documentation. It's a $2.8 million grant for project planning. From the fact sheet:

TIGER funding will be used to complete a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study for the long-term replacement of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River.

Though the fact sheet focuses 100% on railroad enhancement, nearly half of the Long Bridge study proposals (for which it appears the website is dead) included bicycle facilities on a new bridge.