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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
CamTran chief eyeing end of year for Inclined Plane to reopen
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The process of reinstalling the recently reviewed, polished and measured sheave wheels of the Johnstown Inclined Plane has gotten underway. The new grooved wheels had to be individually cast in order to fit into the system that was designed in the 1890s. Multiple issues with the sheave wheels have slowed the renovation of the Inclined Plane. In February, the Cambria County Transit Authority, which owns the historic hillside railway system, approved $1.68 million in change orders to repair the six sheave wheels and two safety sheave wheels. CamTran did not need to use any of its funds to cover the extra expenses. Getting the wheels in place is part of an overall plan to get the long-idled Inclined Plane, a Johnstown-area landmark that connects downtown Johnstown to Westmont Borough, operational again. 'Our target (to have the rehabilitation work done) is sometime in August,' CamTran Executive Director Rose Lucey-Noll said during an interview after the board's regular meeting Friday. 'Like the end of the summer, we would have the project completed, and then we start our commissioning process and then also our training, so it won't be until the end of the year that we would see the Incline reopen.' 'Happy to be able to help the community' Also during the meeting, Lucey-Noll provided an update about CamTran taking over the county-wide Medical Assistance Transportation Program Tuesday. The service provides free rides to Medicaid recipients for medical purposes such as doctor visits and prescription pickups. 'We're very happy to be able to help the community out,' she said. 'Again, the opportunity to provide more efficient transportation in the community for services is very important in what we do and what we want to do to help people.'
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Registration underway for CamTran-run Medical Assistance Transportation Program
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Cambria County Transit Authority's new partner for the countywide Medical Assistance Transportation Program is preparing to roll out the service this spring. The program enables Cambria County residents on Medicaid to receive transportation at no cost to Medicaid-billed medical appointments or pharmacies. 'Any resident of Cambria County on Medicaid who has a plan that has 'transportation' listed as one of the benefits is eligible,' said rabbittransit Executive Director Richard Farr. Through a program change announced in January, York-based rabbittransit is partnering with CamTran on the ride service. Rabbittransit serves as the program administrator, enrolling participants, verifying eligibility and ensuring the government program's guidelines are being met, Farr said. CamTran will serve as the program coordinator, with its fleet or other subcontractors' vehicles transporting eligible recipients to and from their destinations, Farr said. He said a mass mailing is being sent to Cambria County residents who've received the services, informing them of changes to the program and how to apply for a ride. Registration will launch in March via CamTran Executive Director Rose Lucey-Noll said. A recent federal funding freeze and questions over possible changes to the Medicaid program has raised questions as to whether the MTAP initiative and similar programs could be impacted. Lucey-Noll and Farr said they are currently proceeding as planned. 'We're going to continue to operate the program as currently prescribed by the Department of Human Services,' Farr said.
