The Drive a Clean Machine program is using a new logo to
promote the use of vouchers to remove older, polluting vehicles
from certain areas of Texas.
It takes a teenager to really know a set of wheels.
Seventeen-year-old Justin Bennett of Belton turned in the winning
logo for the Drive a Clean Machine program.
Bennett, a senior at Belton High School, took top honors in a
statewide design contest that drew entries from more than 400
students in grades 9-12. He was awarded $3,000 for his logo; Julie
Weatherly, his technology applications teacher, received $1,500. In
all, 10 finalists and their teachers won cash awards for their
submissions.
Bennett's logo will be included in print and online materials
published by the TCEQ.
AirCheckTexas Drive a Clean Machine is an air quality initiative
that aims to get older, polluting vehicles off the road. Vouchers
of $3,000 to $3,500 each can be applied toward the purchase of
cleaner-burning vehicles.
About $100 million in state financial assistance is available to
eligible residents in the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin
areas, where registeredvehicles are tested each year for excess
emissions.
As of March 1, local administrators reported that about 10,460
vouchers had been issued. Of those, about 2,530 had been redeemed
by car and truck buyers. The program is still accepting
applications.
Go to www.driveacleanmachine.org for more information
about Drive a Clean Machine, including the 2008 net income
requirements and a list of the student finalists in the logo
contest.
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