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

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million is headed to Dublinb and under a second round of state grantsw aimed at cutting dieseplengine emissions. The on Monday announced recipientsx of the second and final round of Diesel EmissionwsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsft round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 organizations, includinyg the , operator of the region’s bus system. In the winners disclosed Dublin was clearedfor $464,658 while the Columbus school system received a $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublinh and the school district told thestate they’re usint the money to replace vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin plans to replace eight 1999-- or 2000-model short-haul diesel trucks, whilr the school district is using its grant to replace 15 busex producedin 1990. Projects that received awards are required to put up at leasrt 20 percent of the cost inmatchinvg funds. The grant program lookws specifically at public and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall short of airqualith standards. The largest grant amongt the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivese withnew engines. That Cincinnati-areaw project was awarded $4.
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