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Henry gets more than $157,000 to upgrade its transit system

Henry County Transit program
Henry County Transit program
By Tammy Joyner
Oct 21, 2016

Henry County Transit has received $157,561.34 from a state transportation program to update its system.

The money will be used to replace four buses. Henry must provide a 10 percent match of $19,695.17 and Georgia will kick in a similar matching amount for a grand total of $196,951.68 in capital funds. The money comes from the Georgia Department of Transportation 5311 Rural Transportation Program Supplemental Agreement for Capital Assistance.

Henry County Transit provides curb-to-curb service. Curb–to–curb service operates from the curb of a customer’s pick up location to the curb of the customer’s destination.

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Tammy Joyner covers local government in Clayton, Fayette and Henry counties.

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