Provide 2 years of operating assistance to the westmoreland county transit authority to assist IT in recovering from covid-19 during the period of 7/01/2025-6/30/2028.

The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the Westmoreland County Transit Authority a $7.4 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide two years of operating assistance from July 2025 through December 2028. Funds will cover eligible operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, preventative maintenance, and other costs to continue transit operations in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and allow the authority to recover from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant aims to permit the authority to maintain transit services that would otherwise be reduced due to lack of funding, benefiting both the authority and riders relying on transit to access work and essential services. No subrecipient activities are associated with this award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide 2 years of operating assistance to the westmoreland county transit authority to assist IT in recovering from covid-19 during the period of 7/01/2025-6/30/2028.

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 preventive maintenance etc. In order to continue transit operations.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit the westmoreland county transit authority to continue to provide operations that would otherwise have to be cut due to lack of funding.

Intended beneficiaries

The westmoreland county transit authority and the riders that rely on its service will benefit from continued services permitting workers to get to work and riders to get to essential services.