CLEVELAND — *Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) is preparing for a major overhaul thanks to a big donation from the Infrastructure and Jobs Act.
On Thursday, the transportation agency announced that it would be receiving $20.3 million from the federal government.
“GCRTA is very appreciative of Senator Brown’s support for public transportation, his efforts in getting this bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act passed, and the funding secured from this act for GCRTA and other Ohio transit agencies,” says GCRTA General Manager, Chief Executive Officer India Birdsong.
According to Senator Sherrod Brown, over the next five years, Ohio will receive $1.3 billion of guaranteed funding from the bipartisan infrastructure deal. Ohio urban and rural transit providers will get $260 million in the 2022 fiscal year, with the $73.5 million available immediately and the rest coming later this year
“This funding will assist us in strengthening our transportation network and associated infrastructure. Simply put, support of our transportation infrastructure equates to investment in our local economy,” said Birdsong.
Senator Brown called the money “the beginning of the largest investment in Ohio’s public transportation ever.”
“We’re delivering by making major investments that will create good-paying American jobs that cannot be shipped overseas, and that will help Ohio localities of all sizes all over the state thrive and grow,” said Brown in a statement.
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*Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report.