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Commission hears questions about past Proterra buses as county accepts federal transit grant tied to new electric buses
Summary
Miami-Dade commissioners approved a federal transit grant that will help reimburse costs for new electric buses while several commissioners pressed staff on problems with earlier Proterra buses the county bought for about $69 million.
Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a Federal Transit Administration formula grant on March 4 that includes funding toward electric-bus capital and rehabilitation work, but several commissioners pressed county staff about failures with an earlier fleet of Proterra buses and what the county is doing to recoup costs.
The board voted to accept the federal transit funds after Transportation and Public Works interim director Giuffre Dias described the grant as formula money tied to population and state allocation. Dias told the commission $5.6 million in the grant package is intended to help reimburse costs tied to new…
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