El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground

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(El Paso Times) A new chapter in the history of El Paso's public transportation system will be written this week.

After seven years of planning and looking for funding, city officials will break ground on El Paso's new $141.6 million Bus Rapid Transit System. The groundbreaking ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Glory Road Transfer Center, 100 E. Glory.

"The groundbreaking will mark the beginning of a new era in transportation for El Paso," Mayor John Cook said.

Eighty percent of the funding for the rapid-transit system, also known as Sun Metro Brio, is coming from the federal government and the rest from the city, Cook said. .......................(more)

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