Tulare County gets over $50M for new transit bus network

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Tulare County has received implicit $50 cardinal for the Cross Valley Express project, which volition bring a caller transit autobus network.

Tulare County has received $59,100,000 successful backing for their Cross Valley Express: Kings-Tulare County Regional Bus and Capital Infrastructure plan. The funds travel from the California State Transportation Agency.

Officials accidental the task volition found a caller transit autobus web linking Visalia, Hanford and Lindsay, with determination connections to the San Joaquin Hanford Amtrak presumption and the aboriginal Kings-Tulare High-Speed Rail station.

According to officials, the task volition see the procurement of 8 zero-emission buses, electrical charging infrastructure, rider shelters and thoroughfare enhancements. The Cross Valley Express volition screen implicit 40 miles with 10 stops astatine 30-minute intervals.

Additionally, the Cross Valley Express volition bring a BRT service, moving 11 miles on Highway 63 betwixt Visalia and Tulare with 8 stops and dedicated lanes.

The estimated outgo of the programme was $60,930,000.