Board continues review of EV bus chargers at transportation center; city seeks decommissioning plan and lease update

SACO, Maine — Saco city planners and a developer proposing electric bus chargers at the municipal transportation hub reopened a public hearing Tuesday and then continued it to Aug. 19 after the board asked for more detail on a required decommissioning plan and a lease amendment.

Kimber Operating Company representatives told the board the electrical equipment would sit inside a fenced compound adjacent to the train station and that they would add an emergency shut‑off, a Knox/knock box for fire‑department access and motion‑activated lighting. The applicant said the company also proposes to slightly raise a concrete equipment platform approximately a foot to reduce risk from plowing and vehicle encroachment and would consider concrete or bollard protection on the parking‑lot side.

Matt from Kimber Operating Company described several changes the firm planned to make after a park‑and‑rail site walk: “There was a couple items, from the fire marshal. 1 was the, emergency shutoff, and we are okay going ahead with emergency shutoff. There's a…