Saturday, October 23, 2010

Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Phoenix Business Journal:

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million is headed to Dublijn and under a second round of stat grants aimed at cutting dieseplengine emissions. The on Mondauy announced recipients of the second and final round of Dieselp EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsg round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’sa bus system. In the winneres disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,658 while the Columbus schook system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublinb and the school district told thestate they’re using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin planws to replace eight 1999- or 2000-modek short-haul diesel trucks, whiler the school district is using its grangt to replace 15 buses producedin 1990. Projectes that received awards are requirede to put up at least 20 percentr of the cost inmatching funds. The grant programm looks specifically at publicd and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorft of airquality standards. The largest grant amongv the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivesw withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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