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Council hears details on Junction Road paratransit design, BRT readiness and electric‑bus rollout
Summary
City transportation staff outlined a $2.2M design phase for the Junction Road paratransit/BRT facility, said the full preconstruction package is estimated at about $15M with $5M available now and a $10.5M FY'27 county funding ask, and explained the city will bring 22 battery-electric buses into service as charging infrastructure is upgraded.
Durham’s transportation director told council the design services item before the body covers the initial phases of work needed to advance the Junction Road paratransit facility and related BRT readiness. Director Sean Egan said staff procured a full package of construction services but split work into phases according to current funding; the contract on the agenda covers roughly $2.2 million for initial design and schematic work.
Egan said the total preconstruction effort — the work needed to reach 100% design…
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