One hundred transit projects on tribal lands will share in $32 million in Public Transportation on Indian Reservations funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, according to a press release issued by the DOT.
The $32 million, of which $17 million will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Tribal Transit Program, will be funding a wide range of projects across Indian Country, including new buses, vans and other capital equipment and the construction of new transit facilities.
A list of winning projects may be found at: http://www.fta.dot.gov/news/news_events_10912.html.
Sure wish it could be more...What can you do with 32 million spread out over 560 tribes? The government should be investing 10 times that amount for infrastructure and transportation stimulus on reservations
ReplyDeleteDon't look a gift horse in the mouth!
ReplyDeleteI would like for them to buy snow equipment so the tribes could plow out the roads on the reservation. Counties and BIA sure won't do it.
ReplyDeleteIt makes the government feel good when they throw the Natives a "Bone" every once in a while.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I hope the Tribes can make good use of the much needed money.