Grand Rapids can go forward with a $70 million transit project -- now that federal funding for it has been approved.
The city can begin work on a new, rapid bus line connecting Grand Valley State University's Allendale campus to downtown.
The Federal Transit Administration just approved a $57 million grant to help fund the so-called Laker Line. The Michigan Department of Transportation pledged $14 million.
Construction is scheduled start this spring. It should be finished by spring of 2020.
Grand Valley accounts for 2.5 million rides on the city's buses each year, according to a university spokesman.
The Laker Line will have 14 stops and will replace the current Route 50 line.
