Fund a bus replacement purchase and rehabilitation of HVAC system at administration and maintenance facility

The Federal Transit Administration awarded District Three Governmental Cooperative $205,000 on December 3, 2025, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund a replacement bus purchase and HVAC system rehabilitation at the organization's administrative and maintenance facility.

District Three Governmental Cooperative, operating as Washington County Public Trans and headquartered in Marion, Virginia, will deploy the replacement bus to serve four fixed routes in Abingdon operating Monday through Friday and a daily route to Bristol serving the I-81 corridor in Washington County and Bristol, Virginia. The HVAC replacement will upgrade the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems at the administrative and maintenance facility. The project expects to maintain the transit fleet and facility infrastructure in a state of good repair, enabling the organization to continue providing reliable deviated fixed-route and demand-response transit service to approximately 34,000 residents across the urbanized areas of Abingdon, Washington County, and Bristol.

Performance of performance spans Virginia, with a period of performance extending from the award date through March 31, 2027. The award carries no sub-recipients. This is a formula grant providing capital assistance to an urbanized area transit authority for fleet and facility maintenance.

Purpose

The purpose is to fund a bus replacement purchase and rehabilitation of HVAC system at administration and maintenance facility.

Activities

1. The purchase of a replacement bus that will help serve four routes in the town of abingdon VA monday-friday and a daily route to the city of bristol serving the i-81 corridor in washington county and bristol VA.2. Replacement of HVAC system in administrative and maintenance facility.

Expected outcomes

The expected outcome of this project is to keep the fleet and administrative and maintenance facility in a state of good repair and for district three to continue to provide reliable transit service in the urbanized area.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries of this project include the residents of abingdon washington county and bristol VA within the urbanized zone totaling approximately 34000 citizens. This project will benefit the individuals in our community who count on our deviated fixed route service and demand response service to fulfill their transportation needs.