WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on Monday awarded over $4 million to the Transit Authority of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (Lextran) to replace aging buses in its fleet.
What You Need To Know
- Fayette County is getting some new buses thanks to a federal grant
- $4 million will be used to replace some of Lextran's aging fleet
- Lextran operates 25 unique routes in the greater Lexington area
The award is part of $409.3 million in grant funding approved for 70 projects across 39 states to improve, modernize and electrify America's buses. The FTA received over $2.5 billion in funding requests, officials said.
Funds totalling $4,107,642 will be used by Lextran to "replace buses that have exceeded their useful life," according to the FTA. The replacement vehicles will reduce maintenance costs and improve reliability for residents in St. Martins Village, Galberith, and surrounding neighborhoods, including services to Lexington.
"These grants will help people in communities large and small get to work, get to school, and access the services they need," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "Everyone deserves access to safe, reliable, clean public transportation – and thanks to the President’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are bringing modern buses to communities across America."
Lextran operates 25 unique routes in the greater Lexington area, with ridership nearing 4 million in 2020 along its 896 bus stops.
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