This application is to request FFY26 section 5307 funds apportioned to the charleston UZA in the amount of $450000 with a non-federal share of $404470 from appropriations by berkeley charleston and…

The Federal Transit Administration awarded $854,470 to the BCD Council of Government on June 22, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund operating expenses and preventive maintenance for the Tricounty Link transit system serving the Charleston urbanized area.

The award comprises $450,000 in federal Section 5307 funds and $404,470 in non-federal matching funds appropriated by Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties. Tricounty Link, operating as a subrecipient through the BCD Regional Transportation Management Association, uses the funding to cover driver salaries, fuel, consumable items with useful lives under one year, and preventive maintenance required to maintain the system in a state of good repair. The award includes a 0.75% set-aside of $3,375 for safety projects, including non-capital equipment and staff time to meet federal safety requirements.

Performance runs from October 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026, with grant execution beginning on the award date and a projected completion of September 1, 2026. The ultimate completion date listed is March 30, 2032. Place of performance is South Carolina. The funding enables continued transit operations across the tri-county region, providing workers access to employment and supporting economic productivity in the community.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one year and preventive maintenance in order to continue transit operations.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit BCD rtma transit system to continue to operations maintain federally-funded equipment in a state of good repair and enhance safety of the facilities.

Intended beneficiaries

BCD rtma transit system and its customers that rely on transit service will benefit from continued services permitting workers to get to work and further economic productivity in the community.

Subrecipient activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one year indirect cost associated with the operating expenses preventive maintenance and the 0.75% set aside in the amount of $3375 (federal amount) for safety projects in order to continue transit operations performed by the BCD rtma DBA tricounty link as a subrecipient of the bcdcog.