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Washington, D.C.- Congressman Dale E. Kildee announced today that the Federal Transit Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has authorized the release of $1,967,357 of the FY 2003 Transportation Appropriations earmark for Flint Mass Transit Authority. Kildee had originally requested these funds from the Appropriation Subcommittee on Transportation in order to meet the demands of regional expansion and increased transit options in the Fifth District.
“I am pleased that part of those funds that I helped secure last February are going to be released to help finance immediate improvements in the Flint transit system,” said Kildee. “High quality public transit is vital to our economy, and especially to those citizens, such as low-income workers and senior citizens, who do not have ready access to automobiles. By providing more efficient and reliable services, the public’s faith and use of Flint MTA services will continue to grow.”
In February 2003, Kildee’s funding requests were included in the federal Transportation Appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2003, which was approved by Congress and signed into law. The U.S. Department of Transportation has authorized the release of $1,967,357 of $4.05 million Kildee earmark to the Flint Mass Transportation Authority. The Flint MTA will use these newly released funds for the purchase of 4 replacement regional service commuter buses, 10 fifteen-passenger vans for curb-to-curb service and 18 service sedans for transportation of persons with disabilities. The remainder of the earmark will be released shortly to help expand the popular reverse commute program and to develop an automatic vehicle locator system. |
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