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Farmington is nearly tripling its capacity for bus passengers thanks to federal stimulus money, reports the Farmington Daily Times.
The city is getting nearly $1 million to purchase five trolley buses, each of which can take more than 20 passengers, the paper says.
The trolley buses replace smaller buses.
Here’s an excerpt from the Daily Times:
The Farmington trolleys will cost about $180,000 each and will seat 23 people and two wheelchairs, said Rod Hunt, the city’s General Services director.
The federal government would fund most of the cost of a fifth trolley bus through separate funding, Hunt said. The city would pay 17 percent of the cost.
The four trolleys will replace four smaller Red Apple Transit buses, Hunt said. Those buses seat only nine people and one wheelchair and will have exceeded their useful lives by the time the city gets the new buses.
“We’re almost tripling our passenger capacity in the city of Farmington” with the new trolleys, which Hunt hopes to get before the year’s end, he said.The red trolley buses look nice and are spacious and durable, lasting 10 years, Hunt said. The seats also can be removed for cleaning.
