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Commissioners approve $167,453 to advance county transit operations facility design as ETA lays out expansion plan
Summary
The commissioner's court authorized $167,453.61 to fund 60% design of a planned El Paso County transit operations and maintenance facility and approved related interlocal amendments, after hearing a detailed Texas A&M Transportation Institute briefing on ETA service expansions and funding needs.
El Paso County Commissioners on March 23 approved an appropriation of $167,453.61 to advance design of a county transit operations and maintenance facility to 60% and authorized interlocal agreement amendments to continue engineering through the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority.
The action came after a lengthy presentation from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and an update from John Ando, executive director of transit operations, who said the county is pursuing outside grants to fund later phases. "By adding this additional $167,453 dollars to that interlocal agreement," Ando said, "EPATS has to procure capital related items in the future to perhaps support this operations facility... which would then reduce the county's contribution overall to EPATS." (John Ando).
Why it matters: county leaders and transit consultants described an aggressive Transit Development Plan in which ETA (El Paso Transportation Authority) would expand fixed routes, add demand-response zones, continue a microtransit pilot, and explore…
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