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CTA amends five-year CIP after $121.1M FTA Low-No award to buy hybrid buses
Summary
The board reviewed and placed on the omnibus a capital improvement program amendment that adds roughly $130.5M, including a $121.1M FTA Low-No grant for up to 150 hybrid diesel-electric buses and $6M of IDOT local project funding for RPM environmental work; the amendment revises the five-year CIP toward a $6.8B total.
CTA staff told the board the proposed amendment would increase the five-year capital improvement program by roughly $130.5 million, bringing the five-year total to about $6.8 billion.
Tom McComb outlined the four funding sources: an FTA Low-No Emission grant of $121,100,000 to purchase up to 150 hybrid diesel-electric 40-foot buses (to replace buses placed in service…
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