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Polk’s Citrus Connection public transit announces its largest expansion in nearly 20 years

Sara-Megan Walsh The Ledger LAKELAND — Polk County’s public transit agency has announced its biggest expansion in nearly two decades is coming this fall. Citrus Connection will begin operating a third transit hub out of Posner Park in Davenport starting Sept. 8, with two new bus routes to provide more service to the eastern half of the county.…

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Service enhancements and expansion coming to East Polk

LAKELAND (August 21, 2020) – Citrus Connection transit service in east Polk County will receive enhancements featuring a new transit hub and a new route to expanded service beyond the borders of Polk County. Effective Sept. 8, the newly constructed Park and Ride facility at Posner Park will be a key hub serving Routes 18X,…

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Sara Roberts McCarley named 2020-21 LAMTD Board Chair

LAKELAND (October 22, 2020) – Transit history in Polk County will be made in November when Lakeland City Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley takes the reins as Board of Directors Chair for the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District. McCarley, named to the board in 2019, is the first woman to lead the board of directors in…

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