Council hears about $950M transit and $619M active‑transportation funding cycles
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Summary
A council member urged staff to review state Transit & Intercity Rail and Active Transportation funding cycles (reported as $950 million and $619 million statewide) and to consider competitive Wasco projects and workshops.
Mayor Pro Tem Reina briefed the council on regional grant cycles and urged staff to examine opportunities to seek funding for local projects. She described the Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program Cycle 8 as a statewide $950,000,000 program (subject to adjustment) and said projects must demonstrate greenhouse‑gas reduction and ridership increases. She also described an Active Transportation Program call and said the fund estimate was about $619,000,000 for a four‑year programming window.
Reina asked staff to review program guidelines, attend technical workshops and look for creative, competitive project ideas that could be submitted for the region’s MPO share. She said Kern COG’s target for the MPO share is approximately $7.9 million for the four years and urged staff to pursue projects that could be competitive in the call.
No formal direction was recorded beyond the request that staff review the opportunities and report back.
