SECTION 5311 OPERATING AND CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is hereby made that the County of Greene is applying for federal financial assistance to provide public transportation service as follows: public mass transportation route deviation service on a continuing basis within the County of Greene and including portions of the County of Columbia in New York State.
Public notice is further made that the County of Greene is also applying for federal financial assistance to purchase buses and provide mobility management services. The federal financial assistance will be used for eligible operating expenses for the 2024-2025 fiscal years.
Said transportation service will be available to the general public during all hours of operation. The project is expected to be financed by the Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 Rural Program public transportation funds, with additional funds to be provided by New York State Transportation Operating Assistance Program, the Greene County Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Planning, the Greene County Department for Human Services, and The Arc Mid-Hudson NY. The total federal assistance share for operating and capital projects is anticipated to be $1,175,304.00.
Comments on the proposed project are invited from the general public, private bus and taxi companies, other public transportation providers and human services agencies. Interested parties may comment on the project or obtain more details about the project by writing to:
Greene County Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Planning
Warren Hart, Deputy County Administrator
411 Main Street, Suite 419
Catskill, NY 12414
(518) 719-3290
Human service agencies that receive assistance from other Federal agencies for non-emergency transportation services are encouraged to participate and coordinate with the provider in the planning, design and delivery of transportation services. Agencies may obtain copies of the service description and submit proposals for service coordination. Private bus and taxi operators may request copies of the project service description from the above-named person and may submit comments on the service as described.
If you wish to comment on any aspect of the proposed project, submit a proposal or a request for service coordination or request a public hearing on this project, you must make your interest known in writing within fifteen days of the date of this publication and provide your comments within fifteen days of your receipt of the project service description. Your requests and/or comments must be forwarded to the above person.
