Contact: Rob Ostrander 202-224-5721 Shana Stribling 202-224-0309
Friday, March 5, 2004

WASHINGTON, DC Senator Kit Bond today announced that the more than $10 million he earmarked for Missouri transit programs has been allocated by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT). Bond secured the funds for the state in the fiscal year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations bill.

"These dollars are an investment in Missouri's future. A good transportation system, whether its roads, bridges, or buses, is vital to economic development, " said Bond, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "Public transportation is critical for Missourians who depend on buses to get to work, class, the doctor, or to pick a child up from daycare," said Bond.

The more than $10 million in federal funds the Senator secured for Missouri transit will go to the following localities:

METRO (Bi-State) - $1,010,651 Metro - Buses & vans

Berkeley $126,000 - Replace 3 vans

Brentwood $24,000 - 1 Expansion van

Bridgeton $40,000 1 Replacement vehicle

Cape Girardeau Cty $42,000 - Replace 1 van, $20,000 Office Equipment and Transit Equipment, $18,000 Capital Lease (with Representative Emerson)

Carthage $24,000 Replace 1 van City Utilities $500,000 Replacement buses

Clinton $66,935 Transit Office in new City Hall

Columbia $2,373,827 Improvements to Wabash Station

Dunklin Cty Transit $193,000 Replace vehicles (with Representative Emerson)

Franklin Co $70,000 Replace 2 vans

Houston $100,000 Bus or facility (with Representative Emerson)

Jackson Co. Board $540,000 Replace 12 vans

Jefferson Co. Comm. $526,000 Replace 6 vans & Expand 4 vans

Jefferson City $802,366 Replace 4 buses & 5 vans

Kansas City ATA $200,000 Eastern Jackson Co. off-set

Mississippi County $36,000 Replace 1 van (with Representative Emerson) OATS $500,000 Replace vans

Ripley County $25,000 (with Representative Emerson)

Scott County $48,000 (with Representative Emerson)

SMTS $750,000 (with Representative Emerson)

SEMO $102,000 (with Representative Emerson)

Stoddard County $50,000 Replace 2 vans, $1,885 Transit Equipment (with Representative Emerson)

St. Joseph $1,345,067 Replacement 9 buses

St. Louis MR/DD GIT CO$245,040 Replace 12 vans

West Plains $45,000 1 Replacement vehicle (with Representative Emerson)

Contingency $42,505 (with Representative Emerson)

TOTAL: $10,117,276

These funds are part of the $84.5 million Bond secured to rebuild Missouri's infrastructure and economy in the Omnibus bill, which was signed into law in January.

Bond served Missouri twice as Governor and now continues his service to Missourians in the United States Senate.