Commissioners to Move Forward with $4.4M CCT Mobility Center
After cutting two South Cobb bus routes and one in Smyrna to save county funds, the Cobb Community Transit is hoping to build a new $4.4 million facility with federal funding.
Hundreds of people lost their main source of transportation when Cobb Board of Commissioners voted in July 2011 to cut three Cobb Community Transit routes to help close the county's $31 million budget shortfall. In April, the county commissioners have of a $4.4 million CCT Mobility Center, which would house paratransit and senior services vehicles as well as educate riders about transportation options. Paratransit service, along the canceled routes, for people with disabilities also ended. Transit Division Manager Rebecca Gutowsky said the funding for the new facility, formerly called the Paratransit Facility, would use federal dollars, not money from county taxpayers. "It's two different pots of money," Gutowsky told South Cobb Patch. "…
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Just A Grunt
5:19 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
Route 35 never had a chance. The route had barely started when the decision was made to pull the plug. I used it daily when I had to go into the office in Atlanta. The route also didn't address the needs of the community. Instead of connecting Austell to Mableton except for a small stretch it pretty much mimicked Route 30. And speaking of CCT what the heck is up with their schedules now? My … more ›