MetroLINK will receive more than $10.3 million in Build Illinois funding including $6 million to replace six of its buses with new zero emission buses, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The money, which MetroLink applied for in July 2022, will add six new battery electric buses to a fleet that is […]
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MetroLINK will receive more than $10.3 million in Build Illinois funding including $6 million to replace six of its buses with new zero emission buses, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
The money, which MetroLink applied for in July 2022, will add six new battery electric buses to a fleet that is made up of 30% battery electric and 70% compressed natural gas buses, according to Jennifer Hirsch, MetroLINK’s manager of administration.
In addition to the buses, she said, MetroLINK will receive Rebuild Illinois funding that includes:
- $600,000 for electric car chargers for the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District’s transit centers and in the district’s downtowns.
- $2 million for expansion of the Moline operations and maintenance center, that could include a possible solar array expansion.
- $1.75 million for renovations of East Pointe terminal in East Moline.