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Palmetto Breeze urges Hilton Head to consider dedicated transit funding as local ask grows
Summary
Palmetto Breeze updated the committee on fleet and service improvements, asked the town for increased FY2027 support (updated ask stated as $433,201), and pressed for long‑term, dedicated funding sources as federal/state grants and local matches prove insufficient.
Mary Lou, representing Palmetto Breeze, told the Town of Hilton Head Island Finance & Administrative Committee on March 9 that the regional transit authority recently acquired four slightly used MCI coaches from the Federal Transit Administration and the South Carolina Department of Transportation and plans to put them into commuter service.
"They went out of business and they had buses that were funded the same way we're funded," Mary Lou said, explaining the donation and the value of replacing very old…
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