Pdrta currently operates 6 counties out of our main admin and maintenance facilities in florence county

This $1,789,063 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will allow the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority (PDRTA) to maintain and expand public transit services across its six-county service area in South Carolina. The funding will cover eligible preventive maintenance, operating, and capital expenses such as wages, salaries, fuel, insurance, and indirect costs. This will enable PDRTA to sustain existing fixed-route, ADA complementary paratransit, deviated fixed-route, and demand response transit options, as well as introduce new services in the urbanized area. The award aims to help PDRTA achieve safety and maintenance standards and keep its transit assets in a state of good repair, ultimately benefiting the over 40% of riders who use the service to commute to work.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover eligible preventive maintenance operating and capital expenses such as wages salaries fuel PM insurance and indirect expenses.

Expected outcomes

This award will allow pdrta to maintain existing public transit service as well as new service in the urbanized area. Funding will allow pdrta to achieve safety and maintenance standards and keep our assets in a state of good repair

Intended beneficiaries

The citizens of our region that use pdrta to reach work school medical appointments paying bills and shopping will all benefit from this award. In a recent survey we found that over 40% of our riders are using the service to reach work.

Subrecipient activities

Pdrta does not utilize subrecipients or 3RD parties to provide service. Pdrta and/or any sub-grantee(s) (when applicable) will follow all third party procurement policies as defined in C4220.1F(third party contract guidance) pdrta and/or sub-grantee(s) will ensure that contractors procured will not be on the FTA suspension and debarment list. This request is not for research and development. Pdrta will apply our indirect cost rate to activities. The 1% security requirement expenses can be found in 11.13.15 (buying replacement vans) for audio/video surveillance and also under the operations ALI for the monthly expenses associated with alarms (monitoring and web services) for 2 locations as well as surveillance.