Costa Mesa seeks grant to help run free buses between shopping areas
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Costa Mesa residents may soon be able to take free buses between South Coast Plaza and The Lab and The Camp shopping centers, should the Orange County Transportation Authority approve a grant request to help fund the routes.
City Council members voted last week to apply for funding for the project through Measure M2 — a half-cent sales tax that funds transportation programs countywide.
The city’s proposal is to run two buses between South Coast Plaza and The Lab and The Camp — both located on Bristol Street near Randolph Avenue.
The buses would run from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, according to Raja Sethuraman, Costa Mesa’s transportation services manager.
The estimated cost of the project is $3 million, Sethuraman said. The city is requesting that the grant cover 90% of that.
If all goes according to plan, the new routes could be in place early next year, Sethuraman said.
