FY 2025 and FY 2026 operating and preventative maintenance

Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government received a Formula Grant award of $3,138,081 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), obligated on August 26, 2025. The funding supports operating and preventative maintenance expenses for public transit services in the Houma/Terrebonne and Thibodaux areas through fiscal year 2026. Eligible uses include employee salaries, fuel costs, and items with a useful life of less than one year, enabling the parish to maintain continuous public transit operations and system reliability throughout the award period.

The grant directly benefits public commuters and transit employees by sustaining essential shared-ride transportation services in the urbanized area. No subrecipient activities are involved in this award. The project completion date is December 31, 2027, providing operational funding stability for the transit system serving the Louisiana parish region.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating and preventative maintenance expenses such as employee salaries fuel and items having a useful life of less than one year.

Expected outcomes

The funds will allow terrebonne parish to continue public transit in the houma/terrebonne and thibodaux area through FY 2026.

Intended beneficiaries

The beneficiaries will be the public commuters and employees.