More than $3 million in federal funding is coming to some of Kentucky’s rural public transit agencies.
Announced Tuesday by Governor Andy Beshear, seven groups and their respective projects will be lifted courtesy of the Commonwealth’s Better Transportation Program — which allows communities to apply for grant funds that were provided by the country’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Those receiving grants this fiscal year include Pennyrile Allied Community Services, with $464,206 on the way for much needed upgrades.
Others involved include the Blue Grass Community Action Partnership ($1.03 million), Central Kentucky Community Action Council ($851K), City of Maysville Transit System ($51K), Daniel Boone Community Action Agency ($222K), Harlan County Community Agency ($154K) and Licking Valley Community Action Program ($491K).
These seven public transit agencies combined serve 36 of Kentucky’s 120 counties, with projects ranging from purchasing and replacing vehicles with 12-passenger cutaways, to enhancing technologies and paving parking lots.
PACS serves Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg counties. Its officials requested $580,258, with a local share expected to help fund four of these 12×2 cutaways, a pair of eight-seat rear loading vans and two low-floor minivans.
