Provide funds to cover operational expenses of the fixed route service and ADA paratransit complementary service preventive maintenance for vehicles and facilities for the municipality of vega baja in…

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Municipality of Vega Baja $1,104,340 on March 16, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to cover operational expenses and preventive maintenance for fixed-route transit service and ADA paratransit complementary service.

Funded activities include driver salaries, fuel, uniforms, third-party consulting contracts, educational materials, acquisition and installation of bike racks for vehicles, and preventive maintenance for vehicles and facilities. The award enables the municipality to sustain reliable transit operations and meet preventive maintenance standards, keeping assets in good repair while providing workers and other residents access to employment, hospitals, universities, and downtown destinations. ADA-eligible customers within the one-mile radius service area of the municipality's four fixed transit routes also benefit from continued paratransit access.

The award obligates $1,104,340 with a period of performance through March 30, 2032. Place of performance is Puerto Rico. No sub-recipients are involved in this award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide funds to cover operational expenses of the fixed route service and ADA paratransit complementary service preventive maintenance for vehicles and facilities for the municipality of vega baja in order to assist in the transit operations and to provide an efficient service to the users keeping the assets in a good state of repair.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel uniforms 3RD party contract for consultants educational materials and other eligible expenses acquisition and installation of bike racks for vehicles and preventive maintenance for vehicles and facilities in order to continue transit operations in an efficient manner.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit to the municipality of vega baja to continue to provide reliable operations and to meet preventive maintenance standards in order to keep assets in a state of good repair for all personnel and users safety.

Intended beneficiaries

The municipality of vega baja and the riders that rely on its service will benefit from continued services permitting workers to get to work and other destinations.including access to jobs hospitals universities downtown and other places within the municipality and for ADA-eligible customers who live inside the ADA service area limits located within the mile radius of the actual four fixed transit routes operated by the municipality.