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The $40,000 Bus Stop
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Wednesday,
June 17, 2009
I applaud Margate building a large and functional shelter and for planning more of them!
In Lauderdale Lakes our shelters are similar and I can claim responsibility for how elaborate, large and durable, AND beautiful they are and those factors drive cost.
On bid basis our shelters cost $60,000 a copy and we have secured grant funding to build 12 so far!
Federal economic stimulus funding was recently reserved to build ten more here this summer!
The work, they are popular and the design (like that in Margate) allows you to move around under a wide and deep roof structure to avoid the angle of the sun and most rain events.
When rain “falls” sideways like it has been doing lately, then no shelter other than an enclosed building will keep you dry.
These are a vast improvement over unprotected ad benches, glass boxes in the sun, and other methods of shelter accommodation beyond the milk box or overturned shopping carts used throughout much of South Florida.
Our shelters have been awarded the Florida Redevelopment Association 2008 Transportation Award as well.
The public loves these things, they are full to over-flow on some routes and I am proud of our success in getting them designed, funded and built!
Most important they are: clean, safe, open and durable! These things can and will last for many, many years!
I say bravo to Margate for their efforts and will urge them to continue to make transportation more comfortable as we see gas prices creeping back up toward $4 again!
It’s all a matter of perspective I suppose, but I see these things as a great investment of public funds with real and meaningful public benefit.
The facts need to be known as to what is being done, how and why…in both Lauderdale Lakes (where I serve as the Executive Director of the Community Redevelopment Agency) and in Margate (where I participated in local planning as a resident) people made it clear that they wanted better bus shelters!
The City and CRA should not be cast in a negative light for providing what the people of the community need and want.
In both cities there is are large numbers of older and younger people, and both cities also have higher than average numbers of lower income people and families: transit is critical for these communities and to use it people should be allowed the dignity and comfort of getting out of the sun and rain while awaiting transit services. This is a worthy investment for our cities in my view as a taxpayer and as a planning and redevelopment professional.
Best Regards,
Gary Rogers
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