The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration has awarded the Flint Hills Regional Transit Administration a Section 5307 grant for fiscal year 2016.  The total award budget is $2,278,583 and the federal assistance is $1,284,179.

The FHRTA works with KDOT and the U.S. Department of Transportation to coordinate transportation planning and the provision of transit services within the Manhattan Urbanized Area.

The grant will be used for operations of the contracted transportation services with the Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency for the Manhattan Urbanized Area, general administration, education and training, security projects, a multimodal integration study, and three construction projects. The FTA requires a minimum local match of 20% of the total project costs up to a maximum of 50%, depending on the project category.