Contact: Paul Griffo
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $27.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds for transit improvements in Wisconsin.
“The Recovery Act was put in place quickly to rescue the economy from the worst recession since the Great Depression and rebuild it for a stronger future,” said Secretary LaHood. “Rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure is a key part of that prescription for strength. It creates jobs today and builds a better, more sustainable economy moving forward.”
The following grants are being awarded:
* Waukesha Metro: $1.5 million for eight vans, fareboxes, a parking lot, a bus washer, and transit enhancements.
* Lacrosse Municipal Transit Utility: $1.1 million for the purchase of a bus, fare equipment, a communication system, maintenance equipment, support vehicles, bus shelters, miscellaneous equipment, and facility rehabilitation.
* City of Sheboygan: $2.1 million to purchase five 35-foot buses, two support vehicles, and other capital items.
* Ozaukee County Transit: $591,323 to purchase five vans, six station wagons, bus shelters, paratransit vehicles, equipment and computer hardware and software.
* City of Onalaska: $208,000 to purchase five minivans and bus shelters.
* City of Green Bay Transit System: $2.9 million to purchase four 35-foot buses, a fare collection system, automatic vehicle location system, three hybrid support staff vehicles, a two-way radio system and miscellaneous support equipment.
* City of Fond Du Lac: $1.2 million to purchase four buses.
* City of Chippewa Falls: $136,000 to purchase four minivans
* Washington County Transit Services: $779,603 to purchase six 30-foot minibuses, three lower floor minivans and three taxi sedans.
* Wisconsin Department of Transportation/Bureau of Transit: $11.3 million for the purchase of 44 buses, 41 vans, 17 sedans/station wagons, fare collection equipment, security surveillance equipment, bus shelters, a vehicle locator system, support vehicles and computer hardware and software.
* City of Racine: $2.5 million to purchase seven buses, farebox system upgrades, and software.
* Janesville Transit System: $1.7 million for the purchase of three rebuilt diesel engines, one diesel fuel service truck, bus shelters, automated change dispensers, and miscellaneous expenses.
* City of Beloit: $1.4 million for the construction of an administrative transit center and the purchase of a 35-foot bus.
Since President Obama signed ARRA into law on Feb. 17, 2009, grants totaling more than $5.7 billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the nation.
“These funds are creating jobs now while investing in the future of our transit systems,” said Administrator Peter Rogoff of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). “The public’s demand for transit service continues to grow, and these dollars will help meet that need.”
The U.S. Department of Transportation has made $48.1 billion available for highway, road, transit, bridge and airport construction and repairs nationwide. Of that, $25 billion already has been obligated to fund more than 7,701 approved projects in 55 U.S. States and Territories.
