Fort Bend County Transportation Employees Recognized  for Service During Hurricane Harvey   Pictured Left to Right: Kristen Joyner, South West Transit Association Director; Paulette Shelton, Fort Bend County Public Transportation Director; Meredith Greene, Texas Transit Association Executive Director

Pictured Left to Right: Kristen Joyner, South West Transit Association Director; Paulette Shelton, Fort Bend County Public Transportation Director; Meredith Greene, Texas Transit Association Executive Director

FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – On September 27, 2017, the South West Transit Association and Texas Transit Association met with Fort Bend County Transportation at the Downtown Metro to present Fort Bend County Transportation, Houston Metro and Harris County Transit with gift cards of appreciation to employees that were affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Employees of Fort Bend County Transportation worked in collaboration with Fort Bend ISD, Lamar Consolidated ISD, Katy ISD, and First Transit to  provide assistance to those in need during the Hurricane Harvey emergency.  Thirty-one transit employees from the five organizations sustained personal damage from the event. These employees assisted in taking rescued residents to shelters and coordinating rides through dispatch. Paulette Shelton, Director of Fort Bend County Transportation accepted the gift cards on behalf of each of the impacted transit employees.

Fort Bend County is located in the Texas Southeast, immediately South and West of Harris County and the city of Houston. It is the home of over 750,000 people and is one of the fastest growing counties in the United States. For more information about Fort Bend County, visit the county homepage at http://www.fortbendcountytx.gov