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Craven County to accept federal 5307 funds, authorize MOU to keep New Bern-area MPO operations running
Summary
County commissioners voted to approve a memorandum of agreement allowing Craven County to receive and pass through Section 5307 federal transit planning funds to the New Bern Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and to authorize the county manager to execute associated agreements.
Craven County commissioners on July 21 approved a memorandum of agreement that will let the county receive federal Section 5307 funds and make the New Bern Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) a subrecipient of those funds.
The action authorizes the county manager to execute the agreement with the City of New Bern so the MPO can use available federal transit planning money after the area lost its urbanized designation under the 2020 census and Section 5303 funding was eliminated.
Jean Hodges, who…
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