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Posted:
7/21/2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has awarded a grant to VIA Metropolitan Transit that will allow the agency to upgrade some of its buses with new engines.
The $1,013,719 grant was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and it will give VIA the funds to replace the diesel engines in 59 of its 40-foot buses with newer, cleaner diesel engines. The North American Bus Industries vehicles targeted for the upgrades will have their Cummins 8.3 ISC 280 engines replaced with Cummins 8.9 ISL engines.
The new engines will emit fewer pollutants, extend the useful life of the vehicles they go into, and reduce the need for maintenance. The engine-replacement program was already planned, but the EPA grant allows VIA to upgrade more vehicles than was originally intended.
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