The 15-year CONNECT NEC Program and the five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) are key components of the Transparency, Collaboration, and Accountability pillar in the NEC Cost Allocation Policy. CONNECT NEC identifies long-term service objectives and associated capital investments over the next 15 years, while the annual CIP demonstrates how the Commission and its member agencies plan to advance CONNECT NEC in the near-term. C37, an update to C35 completed in 2021, assesses NEC-wide rail service and state-of-good-repair goals and the infrastructure investments necessary to meet them. Per statute, the FY24-28 CIP integrates individual capital plans developed by Amtrak, States, and commuter authorities that cover a period of five fiscal years. (Released November 2023).
CONNECT NEC 2035 is a 15-year plan representing the most ambitious reinvestment program in the NEC’s history and a new way of planning: a multi-agency, multi-year, shared action plan guided by a long-term vision. The state governments of the Northeast, the federal government, eight commuter rail agencies, and Amtrak worked together through the NEC Commission to develop a detailed and efficient sequencing of infrastructure investment covering 150 projects along the corridor. (Released July 2021)