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Cobb County approves nearly $15M FTA grant request for CNG buses, reassigns funds and adopts service changes
Summary
The Board approved submission of up to $14.95 million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds to buy 18 compressed-natural-gas buses for Cobb Link, reallocated $8.19 million in previously approved funds for 10 replacement buses, and adopted Title VI service equity changes with implementation in June.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners on May 13 authorized submission of a Federal Transit Administration Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant request of up to $14,946,363 to procure 18 compressed-natural-gas buses for Cobb Link and approved reallocating $8,193,500 in previously approved federal and local funds to replace 10 additional CNG buses.
County transportation staff told commissioners the purchase would replace vehicles that have reached the Federal Transit Administration’s useful-life threshold — generally 10 to 12 years or about 500,000 miles — and would not increase fleet size. The agenda item also authorized corresponding budget transactions and empowered the chairwoman or her designee to…
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