Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has announced this week a $2.2-million grant award to the City of Round Rock as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The grant will support transit operating, administrative, and preventive maintenance costs during the pandemic, Chao says. It’s part of a larger $25-billion in funding that is being provided to cities across the nation.
“This historic $25-billion in grant funding will ensure our nation’s public transportation systems can continue to provide services to the millions of Americans who continue to depend on them,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao.
“We know many of our nation’s public transportation systems are facing extraordinary challenges and these funds will go a long way to assisting our transit industry partners in battling COVID-19,” said FTA Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams. “These federal funds will support operating assistance to transit agencies of all sizes providing essential travel and supporting transit workers across the country who are unable to work because of the public health emergency.”
