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The Connect Transit board has approved the former Pantagraph building in downtown Bloomington as the preferred location for a new $18-20 million bus transfer center.
Trustees met Tuesday to consider the historic newspaper structure, the city-owned Market Street Parking Deck, and the CII East Building as options.
Trustees expressed concerns about the small size of the CII East building. They agreed with downtown business owner comments that the Market Street Parking Deck would cause an unacceptable loss of parking for downtown businesses. The parking deck also drew reservations from board members because the site is not level, and there is no room for possible expansion unless Connect Transit were to build up at a higher cost.
Ralph Weisheit / WGLT
Engineers outlined the pros and cons of three proposed sites for a bus transfer center in downtown Bloomington on Wednesday.
The Connect Transit Board of Trustees held a special meeting to review the sites which the agency identified in January following a study done by the Bloomington-based Farnsworth Group.
Connect Transit plans to build the $18 million center site to serve 10 daily bus routes and 1,800 daily boardings.
Chad Frankenberger, senior project manager for Farnsworth Group, called the former Pantagraph building a “wonderfully iconic building,” noting it’s the largest property of the three proposed sites, covering two city blocks.