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Transit work‑program adds BRT vision work and covers higher Durham Station bids with $3.6M transit-plan increase
Summary
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.
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.
Eric Simpson reviewed Durham Station improvements and explained why actual bids increased the project estimate: initial federal grant work assumed a $13.5M cost in 2021, then estimates rose during design and pre‑GMP phases and final bids produced a $26,058,764 construction total. Transportation staff said they had identified federal grant funds ($10.8M) and city contributions and requested a $3.6M increase from the Durham County transit plan to meet the bid total; staff described value engineering and a CMAR process used to manage costs. Commissioners asked about local matches, funding sources, operations, and coordination with Duke and VA health campuses as the corridor study proceeds.
