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MTA seeks to demap small segment of Tuskegee Airmen Way for rebuilt Jamaica bus depot
Summary
The MTA presented plans for a rebuilt Jamaica Bus Depot that would require demapping about 220 feet of Tuskegee Airmen Way to accommodate new bus circulation, adding capacity and electric-bus readiness. Community Board 12 previously voted 26–1 in favor of the demapping.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday presented plans to rebuild the Jamaica Bus Depot and requested removal from the city map of a roughly 220-foot segment of Tuskegee Airmen Way to permit an internal U-turn and queuing lane for buses.
Mike Walco, representing MTA Construction and Development, told the Queensborough president’s land use public hearing that the existing depot—built in 1939—has “employee conditions [that] are in very poor shape” and is insufficient to maintain the area’s bus fleet. He said the new facility is being designed to support a future electric bus fleet and to keep buses off nearby residential streets, including 10 Seventh Avenue and 160 Fifth Street.
The MTA’s plan would reroute bus access to enter from Merrick Boulevard, proceed behind a sound…
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