CAMPO funds from state curtailed; RTC set to pay for North Roop Street work

Members of the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization get official word today about the loss of $37,500 annually from the state. In recent years, the Nevada Department of Transportation has provided the organization with that amount in state funds for use as a match to Federal Transit Administration funds for transit capital purchases.A letter regarding the loss is on today's agenda. The meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center.Other agenda items involve rewritten agreements with other agencies such as NDOT, and other groups or agencies involved with area transport issues.Immediately after the meeting, members of the Regional Transportation Commission will start their session. Five organization members are on the commission. The commission's agenda includes an item calling for releasing a final payment of more than $50,277 to A & K Earth Movers, Inc. for part of work known as the North Roop Street Enhancement Project.