By KRWG News
New Mexico – ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRWG) The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have been awarded nearly $7 million dollars for new buses and other rural transit projects.
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman said Wednesday the Navajo Nation will get $5 million from the Department of Transportation to replace old buses in its fleet with electric buses.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation, meanwhile, will receive $1.75 million for new vehicles and equipment for rural transit agencies across the state.
Bingaman says the grants will help maintain essential transit initiatives at a time when funding is tight.
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