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Curry County approves temporary cuts to public transit as federal grants are delayed
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The Curry County Board of Commissioners approved a temporary service-reduction plan for Curry Public Transit after managers said federal FTA Section 5310 and 5311 and some state funds will not be available for months, creating a roughly 42% funding shortfall.
The Curry County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 3 voted to adopt a temporary amended service-reduction plan for Curry Public Transit after managers said a delay in federal and state grant approvals left the system facing a roughly 42% funding shortfall.
Curry Public Transit manager Katherine Bernhardt told the commissioners during a public hearing that federal grants—identified in her presentation as FTA Section 5310 and Section 5311 awards—were approved as of July 1 but would not be available for drawdown until possibly March 2026. “I am absolutely heartbroken that this has come to this to cut services,” Bernhardt said. She said the delayed funds create about a…
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