NCTD hires help to secure millions of dollars needed to cover capital improvements for rail and bus systems
North County Transit District has approved a multiyear contract for up to $600,000 with a lobbying firm to help obtain federal grant money for capital projects such as double-tracking and the transition to electric buses and locomotives. 'These are multimillion-dollar projects, hundreds of millions,' said Mary Dover, NCTD's governmental affairs director, in a presentation last week to the district's board of directors.
After that, the agreement allows two one-year extensions at $120,000 each, or a maximum total of $600,000 for the five years. Federal money could be available from several sources, including the fiscal 2024-25 budget appropriations, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, the Railway Safety Act, and the Federal Transportation Authority's 'spare ratio requirements,' which require transit agencies to have a percentage of vehicles set aside as backup for vehicles in service.
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