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Feb
2011
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration has awarded a $5 million grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the funds will be used to replace Iowa's 50 oldest state-wide vehicles. The nine buses and 41 vans that will be replaced are part of 17 of Iowa's transit systems.
The Federal Transit Administration administers grants totaling more than $10 billion to support a variety of locally planned, constructed and operated public transportation systems throughout the United States. Transportation systems typically include buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats and inclined railways.
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