SECTION 5311 OPERATING AND CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is hereby made that the County of Greene is applying for Federal financial assistance to provide public transportation service as follows: public mass transportation route deviation service on a continuing basis within the County of Greene and including portions of the County of Columbia in New York State. Public notice is also hereby made that the County of Greene is also applying for Federal financial assistance to purchase buses and provide mobility management services. The financial assistance will be used for eligible operating and capital expenses for the 2027-2029 fiscal years.
Said transportation service will be available to the general public during all hours of operation. The project is expected to be financed by the Federal Transit Administration, with additional funds to be provided by NYS Transportation Operating Assistance Program, the Greene County Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Planning, the Greene County Department for Human Services, and The Arc Mid-Hudson NY. The total funding sources are expected to be between $1 million and $2 million annually.
Comments on the proposed project are invited from the general public, private bus and taxi companies, other public transportation providers and human services agencies. Interested parties may comment on the project or obtain more details about the project by writing to:
Greene County Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Planning
James Hannahs
Director
411 Main Street, Suite 419
Catskill, NY 12414
(518) 719-3290
jhannahs@greenecountyny.gov
Human service agencies that receive assistance from other Federal agencies for non-emergency transportation services are encouraged to participate and coordinate with the provider in the planning, design and delivery of transportation services. Agencies may obtain copies of the service description and submit proposals for service coordination. Private bus and taxi operators may request copies of the project service description from the above-named person and may submit comments on the service as described.
If you wish to comment on any aspect of the proposed project, or submit a proposal or a request for service coordination, you must make your interest known in writing within fourteen days of the date of this publication and provide your comments within fourteen days of your receipt of the project service description. Your requests and/or comments just be forwarded to the above person.
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