Augusta Transit gets $1.7M grant to design new transfer station
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta Transit has received a federal grant to design a new Broad Street transfer center.
The $1.7 million is coming through a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant by U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Augusta Transit was one of seven Georgia-based grant recipients among 148 projects throughout the nation receiving a total of $1.8 billion.
The grant will allow the city to contract a consulting team to plan and design a new “state of the art” transfer facility.
Goals are to enhance safety through structural redesign, layout and wayfinding, plus accommodate clean energy vehicles and charging infrastructure.
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