Transit work‑program adds BRT vision work and covers higher Durham Station bids with $3.6M transit-plan increase
County and city staff presented Q2 transit work‑program amendments, including county sponsorship of a Bus Rapid Transit vision plan, a city feasibility study for a Small Starts application, a local match for hybrid support vehicles, and a $3.6M additional request after Durham Station construction bids raised the project cost to about $26.06M.
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Transportation staff presented FY25 Q2 transit work‑program amendments and an update on the Durham Station Transit Center construction bids. Staff said ten Q2 amendments included a $50,000 local match request to GoTriangle for 16 plug‑in hybrid vehicles; a county request to add a transportation planner FTE to oversee the county's new role as sponsor for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Vision Plan; reclassification of the transit tracker as a capital project; and city requests including a $200,000 feasibility study and FTA Small Starts application for an East Durham (Village)‑to‑Downtown‑to‑Duke VA corridor.
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