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Show Bus purchase funds made available Both federal programs are intended to provide 80 percent of the money needed for new vehicles. The other 20 percent is made up by the local organization. recommendations on which organizations ought to be funded. Anyone interested and eligible as a private nonprofit non-profit organization can obtain additional information in-formation from Glenda Seelos at 965-4141, or write to her at Transportation Tran-sportation Planning Division, Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation, 4501 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Another $420,000 in federal funds is available to local public organizations like cities, towns, counties and special districts as well as private non-profit organizations. This program is aimed at the purchase of larger buses lor use in small urban and rural areas for public , transportation. Even though both programs provide federal Urban Mass Tran-sportation Tran-sportation Administration Ad-ministration funds, the second program involves a little less red tape. It is administered by the Federal Highway Administration's Ad-ministration's office in Salt Lake City along with UDOT so there is more local control. Anyone interested in the second program can contact Lowell C. Elmer, Supervisor, Transit Planning, Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation, 4501 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, or call 965-4134. Application guidelines will be furnished fur-nished ' after a preliminary eligibility and regulations review. SALT LAKE CITY -The Utah Department of Transportation has announced an-nounced the availability of nearly $600,000 in federal funds lor the purchase of vans and buses by local transportation tran-sportation agencies. The funds are available through two federal programs that are designed for areas with populations of less than 50,000. Applications are due June 1. , Approximately $178,000 is available to assist private non-profit organizations toward the purchase of specialized vans or buses to transport the elderly and handicapped. han-dicapped. Private nonprofit non-profit organizations that operate on a dial-a-ride basis are among those eligible for this federal program. A committee of state officials, han-djcapped han-djcapped and elderly persons review all applications ap-plications and make |