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Bloomington Transit outlines $19.4M 2026 budget, seeks FTA grant for new operations facility
Summary
Bloomington Transit’s management presented a $19.383 million 2026 budget and said the agency will use city ED-LIT funds as local match for a planned $45 million administration, operations and maintenance complex, while continuing investment in electric buses and microtransit service.
Bloomington Transit presented its proposed 2026 budget to the Bloomington Common Council on Sept. 3, and its general manager said the transit corporation is positioning ED-LIT funds to support a federal discretionary grant application for a new administration, operations and maintenance facility.
John Connell, general manager of the Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation (BPTC), told council members the BPTC board reviewed and recommended the 2026 budget. He said the agency plans to combine 2025 and 2026 city Economic Development and Local Income Tax (ED-LIT) funds to serve as the local match for an FTA 5339 discretionary grant the agency has submitted for land, design and construction of a new facility. Connell said the anticipated total project cost is $45,000,000 and that BPTC has executed a right-of-first-refusal agreement for the prospective property while NEPA Phase I is complete and Phase…
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