Pennyrile Allied Community Services is among ten Kentucky transit agencies to receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration to purchase much-needed replacement vehicles. Governor Andy Beshear announced Tuesday the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Transportation Delivery applied for the federal funding, which is discretionary and nationally competitive, and was awarded $3,070,671, which will be split between ten statewide transit agencies that together serve 41 counties. The money will be used to buy 42 replacement vehicles and 20 other vehicles with which to expand their fleets.
According to the Governor’s office, PACS will receive $393,401 to purchase ten replacement vehicles.
Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray noted the funding comes at a particularly critical time because public transit agencies have lost ridership and revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic.
PACS serves nine counties in western Kentucky including Caldwell, Crittenden, Christian, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenburg, Todd, and Trigg. The only other transit agency in western Kentucky to receive funding was the Murray-Calloway Transit Authority, which will use the $228,020 awarded to purchase five replacement vehicles.
