Pinellas County likely to drop solo transit grant bid to join regional effort

Pinellas County Commission will likely forgo its application to this year’s federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery [TIGER] grant program. The move’s being made to better support the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority’s joint application for the same grant money. County commissioners are scheduled to approve a letter of support for the move at their March 29 regular meeting. “For several years, Pinellas County has submitted our own application for TIGER funding,” reads the letter…