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November 16, 2009

Clinton County Public Transit moves into PARC site

By JOE LoTEMPLIO The Press Republican Mon Nov 16, 2009, 10:28 PM EST

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PLATTSBURGH — A project seven years in the making has come to fruition with the dedication of the new Clinton County Public Transit garage.

The new garage at 226 Arizona Ave. was converted from what once was the Educational Center at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base.

It will mark the first time the county has owned the facility that houses the transportation operation in the 26 years it has existed.

"We've had four different facilities over the years, and each time we moved there was a disruption in services, and routes had to be changed," County Deputy Administrator Rodney Brown said at a ceremony Monday.

"With this new facility, we won't have any disruption."

The building was cleaned up and remodeled with the use of about $3 million in state and federal funds. The county contributed around $140,000 in in-kind services.

Brown said the county first talked about utilizing the Education Center as far back as 2002.

The environmental cleanup and asbestos removal took considerable time, but the property is ready to be transferred to the county from Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. this week at no cost.

The new building includes three large service bays, a big wash bay and office space for meetings.

The transportation system features 16 vehicles — including two para-transit buses able to carry people with handicap equipment — and serves about 150,000 riders each year.

In addition to city routes, buses travel rural routes to the Northern Tier, Riverview, AuSable, Standish and Peru.

"A lot of people rely on this service for transportation for work, to go to the hospital "¦," Brown said. "This facility will allow for better service for these people."

County Legislature Chairman Jimmy Langley (R-Area 7, Peru) said the federal and state funding and the use of the Education Center were a perfect fit for the county.

"This is not what you expect to see when you look at a transportation center," Langley said.

"Dollar for dollar, this is about as good a project as we have at the new airport."

E-mail Joe LoTemplio at: jlotemplio@pressrepublican.com