Leahy Announces $1.3 Million That He Secured

For Bellows Falls Transportation Center

 

(Tuesday, Aug. 31) -- Senator Patrick Leahy announced Tuesday that the Town of Rockingham will receive $1.3 million to design and build the first phase of the new Bellows Falls Multimodal Transportation Center.  As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Leahy secured these funds, now being released by the Federal Transit Administration, in an earlier transportation appropriations bill.

 “The transportation hub fits right in with the progress Bellows Falls is making on several fronts,” said Leahy.  “The community has worked hard to move this project along, and it will be part and parcel of the downtown revitalization that’s well underway.”

 The transportation center will be located on the “Island” in Bellows Falls at the historic Union Station.  It will become a transportation hub for the community by providing access to Amtrak and Green Mountain Railroad trains, intercity and local public transit bus service, taxis, local bikepaths, and a park-and-ride lot. 

 Located across the street from the transportation center is the new Bellows Falls Connecticut River Scenic Byway Waypoint Interpretive Center.  The Waypoint Center offers services to visitors, including history and travel information about the village and surrounding communities in Vermont and New Hampshire.  The two new centers together will attract more visitors to the area and help enhance the economic vitality of Bellows Falls. 

 

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 Contact:           Susan McMahon, Senior Planner, Windham Regional Commission

802-257-4547 ext. 114