This grant provides $5310582 of FY 2021 section 5307 american rescue plan act (arpa) operating assistance to the blue water area transportation commission (bwatc) for the period january 20 2020 -…

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Blue Water Area Transportation Commission (BWATC) a $5,310,582 Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant provides operating assistance from January 2020 through September 2029 to fund BWATC's eligible operating expenses up to 100% as the agency responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds will support public transit operations and employee salaries negatively impacted by the pandemic. Intended beneficiaries are BWATC employees, customers, and the general public. There are no subrecipient activities outlined. The award aims to significantly aid BWATC's salaries and other operating costs through September 2029.

Purpose

Operating expenses including employee salaries.

Activities

Public transit operationsexpected outcomes: bwatc expects the funds to significantly help with salaries and other operating expenses which were negatively affected by the novel covid-19 pandemic.

Intended beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of this arpa grant will be bwatc employees our customers and the general public.subreceipent activities: nonethe blue water area transportation commission agrees that if IT receives federal funding from the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) or through a pass-through entity through the robert t. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act a different federal agency or insurance proceeds for any portion of a project activity approved for FTA funding under this grant agreement IT will provide written notification to FTA and reimburse FTA for any federal share that duplicates funding provided by FEMA another federal agency or an insurance company. Per arpa the project in this application is not required to be programmed in the long-range transportation plan statewide transportation plan or statewide transportation improvement program.