Bingaman Trumpets Transit Grants


Jeff Bingaman
WASHINGTON – The United States continues to borrow $4 billion every day and U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman was pleased to announce that several New Mexico communities will share more than $774,796 in federal transit grants from the proceeds of those borrowings. The funds come through the U.S. Department of Transportation. the funds will be used to support bus and other transit services throughout the state. "This federal grant funding will allow our state to invest in the transit systems that so many New Mexicans have come to rely upon," Bingaman said.
The senator also trumpeted the announcement of housing grants totalling nearly $10 million dollars yesterday to cover shelters in the state. 

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