HUMAN SERVICES NEWS
AUGUST 19, 2024

PUBLIC HEARING

2024 & 2025 SCDRTAP & 5311 Applications

PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to an announcement by Dan Benson, Mercer County Executive, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., the Mercer County Department of Human Services, TRADE Transportation Division, will hold a Public Hearing accepting input concerning 2024 and 2025 Applications to New Jersey Transit. The Applications and Hearing are for funding under the Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program (SCDRTAP), the FTA Section 5311 Non-Urban Rural Transit Program and the FTA Section 5310 Operating Program. The public is invited to the hearing below, at which time and place all interested parties will be given a full opportunity to be heard. To assure that all members of the public are given an opportunity to be heard, initial presentations will be limited to five (5) minutes. Any interested party who has a social/economic/environmental interest is invited to provide comments.

The Public Hearing will be held virtually. The Application will also be available for review for two weeks following the public hearing at the Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ.

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In order to encourage a full participation in this Hearing, please submit any requests for accommodation for people with disabilities to TRADE Transportation at 609-530-1971 ext. 111 no later than five (5) business days prior to the public hearing. People who are deaf, hard of hearing and/or speech impaired should access this service by contacting the New Jersey Relay Service by dialing 711.

For those residents unable to attend the Hearing, written comments and/or testimony will be accepted. Please send correspondence to: Lismarie Rentas, Mercer County TRADE Transportation, 300 Scotch Road, Building #1, Trenton, New Jersey 08628, or by email at lrentas@mercercounty.org.

If information is needed in another language, contact 609-530-1971 ext. 111
Si se necesita informacion en otro idioma, contacte 609-530-1971 ext. 111

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