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PRESS RELEASE - April 16, 2008
CRT Contracts with MacMillan
for Construction of New Facility
Contact Person: Carol Stone, community outreach coordinator
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From left to right: Everett Hammond (Rockingham Public Works Director), Steve Tarbox (MacMillin Structural Engineer),Bob Kischko (Stantec Project Mgr.), Gary Fox (CRT Executive Director), Ted Reeves (CRT Board President), Tad Schrantz (MacMillin V-P), Darryl Howe (MacMillin Project Mgr.), Brian Waterman (CRT Operations Mgr.), Bob Gay (CRT Finance Mgr.), Steve Horton (CRT owner’s rep), Kevin McCaffery (Stantec Civil Engineer). |
Connecticut River Transit, southeastern Vermont’s designated 30-town nonprofit public transit coordinator and provider, announces that the construction contract agreement for CRT’s new facility has been signed with MacMillin. Using a qualifications-based selection process, CRT chose MacMillin because they received the highest score for a company having the experience and skills most closely matched with this type of facility. CRT’s new home will be located on 43 acres in Rockingham, Vermont, across the street from Sonnax, 2 miles north of Bellows Falls. This land includes 25 acres which will be allocated to the Vermont Land-Use program; the 20,000-square-foot facility will be set back from the Route 5 frontage. The facility will house offices, a storage area for buses and a maintenance bay, allowing for future expansion and the future potential for a Park & Ride. With sustainable design as an objective, the team is striving to incorporate as many guidelines from the LEED checklist as possible; some green-building applications will include recycled steel and rain and gray water reclamation to wash buses. The groundbreaking is scheduled for Mid-June, with a move-in date late winter of 2009. Funding for this project is made possible by Senator Leahy’s efforts to secure the public transit appropriations from Congress. Compared to leasing a building, purchasing this facility will save CRT an average of $36,000 a year over the next 10 years, which will be funneled back into programming.
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