JTA gets multi-million grant from the federal government

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority has won a $2.4 million grant to repair and refurbish downtown bus hub structures, maintain existing drainage ponds and repair the roof at the Rosa Parks Transit Station.

This money, which is coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, will be spent in early 2011, JTA officials said.

The grant is part of the fiscal year 2010 State of Good Repair program.

JTA has also been informed by the federal government that it spent all the federal stimulus money it was awarded properly, without any deficiencies.