JTA to administer federal transportation grants - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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million in federal grants to improvwe access to transportation forthe poor. The Florida Department of Transportatiohn recommended JTA administerthe programs. The JTA will use about $800,009 from one grant and abou $500,000 from another. The money will fund projectsw selected by the Northeast FloridawMobility Coalition, which is made up of agencies supportinyg the poor and disabled, transportation representatives and countg officials from Duval, Clay, St. Nassau, Putnam and Baker counties.
Aftedr the projects are selected JTA will distributed and monitor the fundws and offer technical assistanceas "This is the most significangt designation for JTA, from a regional transportation perspective, in the 37 years we've been providinf transit services," said Ken Holton, the grants manager for the JTA. "As the administrator of these JTA can now truly reach out and work with the surroundinh counties on regionaltransportation services." The applicatiojn process for the funds begins in Marc h and the money will be available for distributionb beginning Oct. 1.