Leahy And Jeffords Secure $3.6 Million
For New Burlington Transit Center

(Sept. 16) – Burlington will receive $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build a new Burlington transit center along the city’s waterfront, Senators Patrick Leahy and Jim Jeffords announced Monday.  Leahy and Jeffords secured the funds in earlier federal transportation budget bills.

“The Transit Center is another important piece in the development of Burlington’s waterfront,” said Leahy, who is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Transportation, which handled the legislation.  “It will help invigorate the waterfront and make it more accessible, and it will ease downtown congestion, and all of those things are good for Burlington.”

"Projects like this help strengthen our communities, while offering more choices to those who use our public transportation system," said Sen. Jeffords, who is the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. "Once again, Vermont is proving to be a model for how to do it right."

The transit center will be the nexus for commuter rail lines and CCTA bus service.  The facility also will accommodate local and intercity buses and provide for taxi, bicycle and pedestrian amenities.  The center will also be located near the ferry to Plattsburgh, N.Y.

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