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Valley Transit warns service cuts if borough implements proposed 25% funding reduction
Summary
Valley Transit riders, drivers and the agency’s executive director told the borough assembly that a proposed 25% cut to transit funding could halve weekday service, eliminate Saturday service and jeopardize planned ADA vehicles and technology investments.
Residents, riders and Valley Transit officials told the Matanuska-Susitna Borough assembly in Willow that proposed budget cuts would significantly curtail public transportation across the valley.
Jennifer Bush, executive director of Valley Transit, told the assembly the manager’s proposed 25% funding reduction (proposed to begin July 1) was announced to the agency on April 2 and would force immediate cuts and longer-term consequences. “There is…
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