Sarnia also repaved a downtown intersection as part of a recently wrapped-up bus terminal upgrade project.
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“The main scope was the transit terminal itself, and we added on some additional paving of the intersection of George and Vidal” streets, said engineering and operations general manager David Jackson.
City officials sometimes look for asphalt upgrade opportunities in concert with other projects, he said.
“So, we did add the intersection.”
DiCocco Contractors 2015 Inc. started working in the fall and wrapped up Dec. 23 on the $1.2-million transit terminal upgradesimilar but smaller to a $3-million terminal build with space for eight buses Sarnia opened earlier in 2024 at its Clearwater Arena and Community Center.
The downtown terminal project, with space for six buses, was also 73 per cent funded by an Investing in Canada infrastructure fund grant, Jackson said.
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There’s been positive feedback so far about the project, which finished on time, under budget and also included new traffic signals at George and Vidal streets, he said.
“It’s definitely an upgrade from what was there before,” he said.
“There was a couple of small shelters on the side of the road before and one of the challenges was there was quite a distance if you had to transfer from the one bus parking on Vidal to the one parking farthest away on George.”
The upgrade makes transferring easier, he said.
There are also two large shelters, now, he said.
“So, a little more room for people to take shelter, especially when it’s cold and windy out, now,” he said.
There’s been “overall positive feedback from our bus operators and the transit riders using it,” he said.
A few planter and tree pits still need to be dug in the spring, as well as more pavement markings added, to fully finish the project, he said.
“But the vast majority of the scope is complete.”
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