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Award will pay for new vehicles, equipment

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear today visited Elizabethtown to present local officials with federal stimulus funding aimed at improving public transportation in the area.

“This area continues to grow and develop, particularly in response to the expanding role that Fort Knox is assuming for the Department of Defense,” said Gov. Beshear. “It is important, now more than ever, for this vibrant community to have a transit system that meets the needs of its citizens.”

The Transit Authority of Central Kentucky, which serves the Elizabethtown, Radcliff and Fort Knox areas, will receive $1,075,700, which will fund 17 raised-roof vans and four 28-passenger buses. It will also pay for new equipment, including radios, software, mobile computers and security cameras.

Kentucky is set to receive $50.3 million for transit investments through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $27 million for large urban transit systems, $4.3 million for small urban systems, such as the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky, and $19 million for rural transit programs.

“Every penny of the federal stimulus entrusted to Kentucky will be put toward projects that deliver a return on investment,” said Gov. Beshear. “Kentucky will be an example of how the stimulus can put Americans to work, help stimulate economic expansion and provide critical infrastructure and capital upgrades.”

Kentucky stimulus funding can be tracked at www.kentuckyatwork.ky.gov.

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