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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE)—The City of Fresno announced Thursday that it received $52.1 cardinal from the State of California.
The wealth is from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program. The metropolis says this grant volition beryllium combined with different antecedently secured authorities grants to afloat money the $115 cardinal FAX System Efficiency and Accessibility Improvement Project.
According to metropolis officials, the wealth volition fund:
- $21.5 cardinal of the $28.6 cardinal required to grow transit work on Church Avenue to link the assemblage to higher education. It volition see autobus halt build-outs, HAWK crossings, implicit thoroughfare improvements, and the acquisition of hydrogen vehicles.
- $23.2 cardinal of the $74.6 cardinal required for the readying and operation of a hydrogen fueling installation to enactment the department’s modulation to zero emissions by 2040.
- $6.9 cardinal of the $11.3 cardinal required for the operation of accessible autobus halt improvements including autobus halt engineering and design, autobus halt build-outs, and the installation of caller rider amenities.
- $450,000 for an On-Demand Improvement Study to behaviour a needs investigation for non-paratransit on-demand work to see identifying solutions for proscription to Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
“These funds volition beryllium instrumental successful helping our proscription section conscionable and transcend the expectations of our community,” said Mayor Jerry Dyer. “The residents of Fresno trust connected FAX to get them to work, doc appointments, school, and everyplace they request to go. I’m arrogant of our squad and the enactment they bash each time to supply the champion work possible.”
