U.S. Rep. Lawson Helps to Secure $2.4M for the First Coast Flyer Southwest Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project Through the American Rescue Plan

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Today, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05) announced that the Jacksonville Transit Authority will receive $2,430,716 in U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration funds for the First Coast Flyer Southwest Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. This allocation is a part of the American Rescue Plan funding for Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Small Starts projects.

"Many of our nation's public transportation systems are facing financial hardship as a result of this pandemic," Rep. Lawson said. "These federal funds will help Jacksonville's First Coast Flyer with construction jobs and keep the project moving forward."

The grant is part of the Department's $250 million allocations to help communities across the country protect the jobs of workers involved in constructing transit projects, ensuring the continued advancement of critical pieces of infrastructure. Twenty-two transit projects across 13 states will receive these funds.

Despite no Florida Republicans -- U.S. House or Senate -- voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan, Florida residents, businesses, local governments, frontline workers and schools are seeing huge benefits from the package. The First Coast Flyer Southwest Corridor BRT project is a 12.9-mile BRT line from the Convention Center in downtown Jacksonville, via Florida State College-Jacksonville (Kent Campus), to the Orange Park Mall in Clay County.

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