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Cumberland County approves letter supporting SRTA's $80 million USDOT grant request
Summary
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted to send a letter of support for SRTA's $80 million application to the U.S. Department of Transportation Bus and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission grant program to buy buses, equip a new Cameron Street facility and convert local fixed-route buses to compressed natural gas (CNG).
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a letter of support for SRTA's application for an $80,000,000 U.S. Department of Transportation Bus and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission grant.
The letter, introduced during the commissioners' regular meeting, aligns county officials with SRTA's request to buy new buses, equip a planned facility on Cameron Street and convert the Cumberland and Dolphin fixed-route bus systems to compressed natural gas. "For every federal dollar we bring into the project, it decreases the amount of state funding," SRTA representative Kirk Stoner said, urging support.
The request to USDOT would supply federal funds for vehicle procurement and facility equipment; Stoner told the commissioners that increasing federal share reduces the required local match from participating counties. Commissioners moved and seconded approval of the letter; the motion passed on an aye vote recorded during the meeting.
No county funding commitment beyond the letter of support was approved at the meeting. County officials did not detail the precise local-match percentage or the county's potential dollar exposure during the discussion. Stoner said the proposed facility on Cameron Street "will be under construction in the near future," but did not provide a construction schedule or completion date.
The letter of support does not itself obligate Cumberland County to contribute funds; it signals the county's backing of SRTA's federal funding application, which the U.S. Department of Transportation must review and approve. The commissioners took no additional action related to the project at the meeting.
