County Executive Ike Leggett congratulated MCDOT on the news that Montgomery County has been selected by the United States Department of Transportation for a $10 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant. The grant will help fund a 14-mile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system along US 29. The TIGER program is merit-based and highly competitive (just $500 million was appropriated by Congress in FY16 for the entire country).
The TIGER grant supports the County
Executive’s decision earlier this year to include $6.5 million in the Capital
Budget for the planning and design of a US 29 BRT with the intent of “getting
this route up and running in less than four years.” Read
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