The South Dakota Department of Transportation has received five grants totaling more than $2.7-million in Federal Transit Administration funding.
The dollars come from FTA’s Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program competitive grant program.
The grants provide funding for:
- construction of a new transit facility in Highmore
- a remodel of River Cities Public Transit’s existing facility to enhance their call center operations in Pierre
- acquisition of snow removal equipment for River Cities Transit and Prairie Hills Transit to enhance their service capacities during inclement weather
- expansion of the Yankton Transit Facility
- replacement of numerous vehicles throughout the state to improve reliability and capacity
Department of Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist says the SDDOT receives the federal funds on behalf of public transit sponsors who will pay the required match on these grants.
For more information about these awards, please visit:
https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/us-department-transportation-announces-264-million-grants-modernize-and-improve-america or https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/us-department-transportation-announces-3662-million-grants-modernize-and-improve-america.
