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Wilson County approves NCDOT/FTA Section 5311 grants to support transit operations and one replacement vehicle

5899048 · October 6, 2025
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Summary

Following a public hearing, the county approved three FY 2027 NCDOT/FTA grant requests totaling $764,889 in requested funds and committing local matches; the grants fund administrative salaries, one replacement vehicle, radios, a repeater and capital cost-of-contracting support.

Wilson County Transportation Director Leslie Barnes presented three NCDOT/FTA grant applications to the Board of Commissioners at a public hearing Oct. 6 and the board approved the requests.

Barnes described the three FY 2027 requests: a Section 5311 administrative grant for $116,474 (county local share $17,472) to fund transportation…

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