ECAT Gets $1 Million Grant To Replace Vehicles

July 24, 2012

Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) will receive just over $1 million in funds from a $787 million transit grant announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The $1,053,401 for ECAT will replace paratransit vehicles that have met or exceeded their useful lives. The new vehicles will be equipped with a vehicle camera technology safety system. ECAT will also purchase scheduling software to manage a fleet with zero spares.

All total, Florida will receive more than $50 million in federal transportation funds for 14 projects to revamp and renovate aging public transit systems.

In addition to ECAT in Escambia County, the list of approved projects includes $15 million to renovate transit facilities in Gainesville and $5 million for a new transit facility in Fort Myers.

The Florida projects were included in a group of 255 projects in 48 states. Since 2010, the federal program has pumped $1.8 billion in funding to replace aging transit facilities and vehicles around the country “to meet the growing demand from millions of riders across the country.”

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One Response to “ECAT Gets $1 Million Grant To Replace Vehicles”

  1. JT on July 24th, 2012 10:27 am

    Yeah buddy! More of your tax dollars at work. I love that “free” grant money that funds these projects.

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