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Council hears plan to add $5 million from federal climate grant to expand CapMetro downtown–East Austin circulator
Summary
Staff told council the proposed amendment would transfer $5 million from the city's $48M Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to Capital Metro to provide bidirectional service on Route 2 (a downtown–East Austin circulator); staff said the dollars are primarily for operations and frequency, not bus purchases, and would be reevaluated annually.
Councilmembers questioned staff Feb. 24 about a proposed amendment (item A46) that would authorize negotiation of an amendment to an existing interlocal agreement with Capital Metro to expand service on Route 2.
Jim Dale, deputy director for Transportation & Public Works, said the amendment would expand an existing Capital Metro circulator so that Route 2 would run in both directions and increase the length of the route. Funding would come from the $48,000,000…
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