Hurley, Mercer look to add BART service

By TOM LAVENTURE

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HURLEY, MERCER, Wis. — If an Iron County grant application is approved the town of Mercer and city of Hurley may receive subsidized public transportation services sometime in 2020, according to officials.

Bay Area Rural Transit (BART), based in Ashland, is a subsidized public transit system that operates at minimal cost to passengers. BART also provides accommodations for physical accessibility to the disabled.

Cally Bucknell, director of the Iron County Department of Human Services, and Trista Olson, director of the Hurley Senior Center, Inc., sa...