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Here’s one way officials could make up for loss in federal transit funds

A Gainesville Connection bus arrives at the administration building on Main Street Wednesday, March 20, 2019. - photo by Scott Rogers

03242019 TRANSIT 1.jpg — A Gainesville Connection bus arrives at the administration building on Main Street Wednesday, March 20, 2019. - photo by Scott Rogers

Phillippa Lewis Moss may have found a funding option for Hall Area Transit if federal dollars go away as expected after the 2020 census shows Hall’s population topping 200,000.Georgia House Bill 511 would allow counties to hold a special purpose local option sales tax strictly for transit.