### Question
Can you define what capital project means?


### Answer
**Capital project** is defined as the following in *49 U.S.C. § 26106*:

> a project or program in a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of this title for acquiring, constructing, improving, or inspecting equipment, track, and track structures, or a facility of use in or for the primary benefit of high-speed rail service, expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction (including designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, environmental studies, and acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, highway-rail grade crossing improvements related to high-speed rail service, mitigating environmental impacts, communication and signalization improvements, relocation assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating replacement housing

#### Citation:
  - *49 U.S.C. § 26106*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE V-RAIL PROGRAMS > PART D-HIGH-SPEED RAIL > CHAPTER 261-HIGH-SPEED RAIL ASSISTANCE**

