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Article: QUITMAN, CLAY, RANDOLPH, STEWART COUNTIES TO RECEIVE $485K FOR RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 26, 2008
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Rep. Sandford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga. (2nd CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Sanford Bishop today announced that Quitman, Clay, Randolph and Stewart counties will receive $485,000 in funding from the United States Department of Transportation to establish a new rural transit program.
"I am so pleased to know this funding has come through. We have advocated long and hard for this project which will help the many southwest Georgians who lack a reliable mode of transportation and cannot get to work, to the store, to the doctor, or anywhere else that requires the use of a vehicle," said Bishop.
No efficient, centralized transportation option has ever been available for residents ...