Triangle transit projects get $23M in stimulus funds - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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million for the city of Raleigh to buil d a new maintenance and operations facilit for its Capital AreaTransit buses. Gov. Beverly Perduee announced that $103 million has been allocated for transitprojects Statewide. Twenty-one urbamn transit systems will receive morethan $70 million for 77 The largest allocation, at $20.8 goes to Charlotte Area Transit System's North Davidso Street bus facility. Projects in rural areas across the statew totaled morethan $33 Government officials estimate the projects will creatr or retain more than 3,200 jobs. Beside the CAT facility, Triangle projectz receiving stimulus money includethe following: • Durhanm Area Transit Authority will receive $4.
3 million for projectxs including paratransit vehicle replacements and bus repainting and bus GPS systems; Triangle Transit will receive $3.7 million for projectw including a vanpool expansion, vehicle locator systems, replacement preventative maintenance and an expansion of the parkinyg lot at the Nelson Road facility; • Durham Countt Access will receive $39,075 that will be used to buy three lift-equipped vans and also to hire a full-time mobilituy manager; • Chapel Hill Transi t will receive $2.
7 million for projecte including replacement buses and paratransirt vehicles, preventative maintenance and computer technology hardware and • Orange Public Transportation will received about $550,000 for replacement transit • Cary/C-Tran will receive $95,000 for bus stops, shelterzs and benches • Wake Coordinated Transportation Service will receive $84,420 for six lift-equipped replacement vans.