MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Construction is getting underway on a new $7 million transit center not far from the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier.
On Tuesday, Montpelier officials were joined by Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, Republican Gov. Phil Scott and others to mark what is known as the 1 Taylor Street project.
The site, which is currently a parking lot, will become home to a ground-level transit center that will provide public transportation throughout the region and serve as the Greyhound bus stop.
It will include expanding a recreation path and 30 mixed income apartments above the transit center, providing needed downtown housing.
Leahy says the project has been decades in the making and it will increase the vibrancy of Montpelier’s downtown.
Construction is expected to take about a year.
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