Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Triangle transit projects get $23M in stimulus funds - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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million for the city of Raleigh to build a new maintenancde and operations facility for its Capital AreaTransig buses. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced that $103 millio has been allocated for transitprojectse Statewide. Twenty-one urban transit systemws will receive morethan $70 million for 77 The largest allocation, at $20.8 million, goes to Charlotted Area Transit System's North Davidson Streett bus facility. Projects in ruralo areas across the state totaled morethan $33 Government officials estimate the projectz will create or retain more than 3,20 0 jobs.
Besides the CAT Triangle projects receiving stimulus money includsethe following: • Durham Area Transit Authorityu will receive $4.3 million for projectsa including paratransit vehicle replacements and maintenance, bus repainting and bus GPS systems; • Triangle Transit will receivd $3.7 million for projects including a vanpook expansion, vehicle locator systems, replacement buses, preventative maintenancew and an expansion of the parking lot at the Nelson Road • Durham County Access will receive $39,07r that will be used to buy thres lift-equipped vans and also to hire a full-time mobilityh manager; • Chapel Hill Transit will receiver $2.
7 million for projects including replacement buses and paratransiyt vehicles, preventative maintenance and computer technology hardware and • Orange Public Transportation will receivs about $550,000 for replacement transit vehicles; • Cary/C-Trab will receive $95,000 for bus shelters and benches • Wake Coordinated Transportation Servicee will receive $84,420 for six lift-equipped replacement vans.

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