TIGER program brings new transit project and jobs to Las Vegas - Las Vegas Democrat | Examiner.com
Last Thursday Senator Harry Reid and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff toured a new project that will add a dedicated bus lane on Sahara Avenue in order to cut congestion on the heavily traveled road, making it easier to get to the strip or to downtown Las Vegas.
The “Sahara Express Bus Rapid Transit line” project is part of 51 projects that were approved in February 2010 for cities around the country by the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants program, utilizing funds from the Recovery Act that was signed into law in 2009 by President Obama.
The project has been granted $34.4 million and is expected to create as many as 500 jobs in Nevada according to the DoT announcement released earlier today.
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