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Committee approves CIP adjustments and instructs further analysis of alternatives for US 29 BRT through 4 Corners
Summary
The committee recommended several CIP adjustments — deferring some hydrogen-bus procurements, adding refurbishment funds, and removing undefined out-years from bus stop and park-and-ride projects — and added language requiring MCDOT to evaluate 2-way, 1-lane and 0-lane alternatives through the '4 Corners' area for the US 29 BRT Phase 2 project; members debated whether to explicitly include the previously studied managed-lane option.
The Transportation and Environment Committee reviewed a batch of FY27–32 CIP adjustments and recommended forwarding them to full council, alongside amended project language for the US 29 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Phase 2 project.
Council staff recommended deferring about $25.5 million of FY27 bus replacement funding to FY28 for 16 ride-on hydrogen fuel-cell buses because the county's green-hydrogen fueling facility procurement and delivery are delayed. Staff also recommended adding approximately $742,000 for stopgap hydrogen fueling and $2.4 million in FY27 for…
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