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million is headed to Dublimn and under a second round of state grants aimed at cutting diesepengine emissions. The on Monday announcexd recipients of the second and fina round of Diesel EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.u8 million program created in 2008. The firsf round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’zs bus system. In the winnerx disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,6578 while the Columbus school system receivedfa $918,020 grant. Officials from Dublin and the schoolo district told thestate they’rse using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emissioj alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacwe eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel trucks, while the schoopl district is using its grant to replaces 15 buses producedin 1990. Projects that receivex awards are required to put up at least 20 percenrt of the cost inmatchingy funds. The grant program lookes specifically at public and private dieseo equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall short of airqualituy standards. The largest grant among the 16 went to the and to refig four locomotives withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.6 million.
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