Gwinnett commissioners on Tuesday agreed to support the Department of Transportation’s efforts to apply to the State Road and Tollway Authority for seven GO! Transit Capital Program grants to fund various transit projects around the county.
The grants would help purchase 28 replacement buses, improve facilities at the Sugarloaf Mills park-and-ride lot, and resurface the Indian Trail Road and Hewatt Road park-and-ride lots. Funding is also being sought to replace the transit transfer center at Gwinnett Place Mall, build two new park-and-ride lots in the State Route 316 corridor to serve the Lawrenceville and Dacula areas, and purchase five additional buses necessary to establish new transit service.
During the 2015 session, the Georgia General Assembly designated $75 million in state general obligation bonds for transit projects statewide and identified SRTA to administer the funds.
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