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Washington D.C. –<\/strong> U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) “The Recovery Act is still at work in Oregon, creating jobs “With these Recovery Act funds, County<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Recipient<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Amount<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Project<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Lane<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Lane Transit District<\/p>\n<\/td>\n $6,403,139<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Construction of maintenance Multnomah and Clackamas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tri-county Metro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n $32,000,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Eight rail cars for South Multnomah, Washington, and Tri-county Metro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n $37,977,896<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Safety enhancements, rail line Marion and Polk<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Salem Area Mass Transit $3,850,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Purchase several buses, Deschutes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Bend Area Transit<\/p>\n<\/td>\n $937,612<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Purchase 6 lift-equipped Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded over $81 million for public transit repair, maintenance, and equipment in Lane, Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Polk, Marion, and Deschutes counties as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “The Recovery Act is still at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nand Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced today that the Department of Transportation
\nhas awarded over $81 million for public transit repair, maintenance, and
\nequipment in Lane, Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Polk, Marion, and
\nDeschutes counties as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.<\/p>\n\n
\nand bolstering public transit in our cities,” Merkley said. “With the
\nRecovery Act, we are making smart investments in our transportation
\ninfrastructure and supporting jobs that will be the foundation of our
\ntransition to a clean energy economy.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nOregonians will get both the jobs and big-league transportation they deserve,”
\nWyden said. “Good transportation leads to good jobs and good jobs help
\nbuild a better economy and stronger communities. That’s what the Recovery
\nAct was designed to do, and it’s great to see it working in Oregon.”<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n facility and preventive maintenance<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n \n \n \n
\n Corridor I-205 \/ Portland Mall LRT Project<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n
\n Clackamas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n \n \n
\n and rail station repairs and preventive maintenance for TriMet bus and light
\n rail systems<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n \n
\n District<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n \n
\n replace transit mall pavers, fareboxes, and software<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n \n \n \n
\n vans, bus stop improvements, security cameras, preventive maintenance<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"