| Item Title: | Planning & Development - FY2024 TxDOT Intercity Bus (ICB) Grant Application (2023-1034) | | Submitted By: | Michael McElroy, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015 | | Subject: | GRANT APPLICATION - Approve and authorize the Planning & Development Department to apply to the FY2024 two-year funding Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Intercity Bus (ICB) Grant in the amount of $1,377,348. This grant application is to continue the provision of the Intercity Bus Service from El Paso & Anthony, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico, known as the Gold Route. No County match is required. A match is provided by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). Further, authorize the County Judge to sign the Obligation Certificate as required by the grant. (Contract No. 2023-1034) | | Background: | On September 1, 2009, El Paso County launched an intercity bus service that linked the Town of Anthony to El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. This service is the result of an innovative partnership between the County, the Texas Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Department of Transportation. Federal Job Access and Reverse Commute or JARC funds were used to launch this service.
The County’s Planning & Development Department has identified TxDOT Inter-City Bus (ICB) funds to continue this service for another 2 years. The service will continue to be managed by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). NMDOT contracts with All Aboard America for the operation of 57-passenger coaches that are ADA accessible and restroom equipped. The service operates in peak directions five days a week for a fare of $3 each way with monthly passes available for $90. There is no service on weekends or holidays. The service is meeting a need along this corridor and is a complement to other transportation services provided by the County’s Planning & Development Department. | | Fiscal Impact: | Grant: $1,377,348 for two years. No County match is required. Grant match will be provided by NMDOT.
Account will be set up at the time the grant is awarded and approved by Commissioners Court. | | Recommendation: | GRANT APPLICATION - Approve and authorize the Planning & Development Department to apply to the FY2024 two-year funding Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Intercity Bus (ICB) Grant in the amount of $1,377,348. This grant application is to continue the provision of the Intercity Bus Service from El Paso & Anthony, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico, known as the Gold Route. No County match is required. A match is provided by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). Further, authorize the County Judge to sign the Obligation Certificate as required by the grant. (Contract No. 2023-1034) | | Prior Action: |
|
On January 24, 2022; Item 29: Commissioners Court approved the Planning & Development Department to apply to TxDOT for the ICB Grant for two years of funding.
On February 10, 2020; Item 23: Commissioners Court approved the Planning & Development Department to apply to TxDOT for the ICB Grant for two years of funding.
On February 12, 2018; Item 18: Commissioners Court approved the Public Works Department to apply to TxDOT for the ICB Grant for two years of funding.
|
| | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
| |