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Nashville Loses Out on Federal Transit Grant, Adding to Agency's Budget Woes
WeGo Public Transit did not receive a grant to build a transit center, and transit advocates say it’s a sobering setback in light of the agency’s other budget challenges.
"[Last] week, federal officials announced the winners of its annual BUILD grant; Nashville, for the second year in a row, was not one of them," reports Eric Hilt.
WeGo Public Transit’s request for $10.7 million from the Department of Transportation would have been used to build a multimodal transit center in North Nashville.
WeGo Public Transit officials say that competition for federal funds is high, but transit advocates say this is a "wake-up call" for the agency, which also is dealing with an $8 million budget shortfall. "Earlier this year, the transportation group had to eliminate some bus routes and raise bus fares because of budget issues," notes Hilt.
Published on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in
Topics
- Tennessee
- Government / Politics
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Nashville
- WeGO Public Transit
- Department of Transportation
- BUILD Grants
- Transit Funding
- Multimodal Transit Centers
- Federal Grants
- Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority
- Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee
- Transit Planning
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