[r78] Rep. Crouch: More than $2.6 Million Heading for Evansville (6/26/2009)

STATEHOUSE - Evansville will receive more than $2.6 million for the purchase of vehicles and other transportation equipment, state Rep. Suzanne Crouch (R-Evansville).

"I am pleased Evansville has been awarded more than $2.6 million to improve our public transportation system," said Rep. Crouch. "The Metropolitan Evansville Transportation System will greatly benefit from these new purchases, and as a result, better serve the public."

The federal grant money is from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. With this money, the City of Evansville will purchase:

• Three 30-foot hybrid buses
• Six replacement vans
• Bus spare parts
• Bus route signs
• Bus mechanical equipment and tools
• ADP software
• Bus surveillance cameras
• Ten fare boxes
• An ADA voice system
• Seven radios
• Ten bus shelters

All administrative and legal requirements have been met while appropriating the grant money.