DOUGLASVILLE, GA – The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, or BOC, announced that the Atlanta Regional Commission's Transportation and Air Quality Committee unanimously voted on Thursday, June 14, to approve more than 100 transportation projects in the Metro Atlanta area including Douglas County's CMAQ federal grant application.

The Douglas County Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, or CMAQ, federal grant application submitted by the Board of Commissioners for $4.8 million dollars with a $1.2 million dollar local match over a three year period was one of the projects listed for the vote. The next step is for the full Atlanta Regional Commission Board to take a final vote at its upcoming meeting on June 27.

BOC Vice Chair, District 2 Commissioner, and Chair of the Douglas County's Transportation Committee, Kelly Robinson said, "This was a major victory and milestone for Douglas County citizens. I am encouraged but not surprised by the approval of our plan to roll out a fixed route bus system." Commissioner Robinson believes economics is a key to transportation.