RGRTA chief Mark Aesch. FILE PHOTO
RGRTA head Mark Aesch told 13 WHAM that the agency won't build a bus station if it can't use the Mortimer site. [See a response below from City Council member Elaine Spaull.]
Design work for that site is complete and environmental approvals have been secured, he said. Those steps were completed for the former Renaissance Square project. He also told WHAM that the project would cost more than $40 million.
RGRTA officials said they'd look at other potential sites after Renaissance Square discussions fell apart. For RGRTA to use the Mortimer Street site, it'll have to reach an agreement with city officials. The city has to sign off on things like curb cuts, which may seem minor, but are essential to moving the project forward.
UPDATE: 4:50 p.m.
City Council member Elaine Spaull says that while Mortimer Street makes the most sense, there's been no final decision on the transit center location. City Council will be discussing the matter over the next couple of weeks, she said.
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Harry Davis said on Mar. 12, 2010 at 6:39pm
Mayor Duffy said last April 22 that he would not give up Mortimer Street for a bus garage. He said he "foresaw all transportation in Rochester at an inter-modal site located at the Amtrak station. Tell us what you think of Mayor Duffy's flip-flop:
http://www.harrydavis2010.com/node/55
(Rochester, N.Y.) â€" Mayor Robert Duffy said he’s on board with the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority’s plan to build a bus terminal on Mortimer Street, although a final agreement is not in place.
“Nothing has been finalized but I think we’re in a good place moving ahead,” Duffy said.
“If you look at the buses on Main Street in the morning or at night, you get a sense of what they need for a facility and that really is it. It would taken the buses off Main Street, open up pedestrian, parking opportunities, and the rest of development, so it is a good thing.”
All of this, Duffy's school takeover, the bus garage designed to get black kids out of the way, is all in the plan for gentrification. Soon, schools will be bull-dozed and nice looking new "special schools" will spring up with specially picked suburb kids next to, say, the lot where Franklin High School was. It is all designed to get the Danny Wegmans and school "experts" from Mendon & other white suburbs, back into the city. Make no mistake about this. No mixed use, no lower income for the new midtown.
Will Condo said on Mar. 13, 2010 at 10:51am
This is total foolishness ! Where is the planning for a multi-modal transit center to accomodate rail, bus, taxi,auto, etc... ? Once again, strategic planning for Rochester seems totally absent from public policy.
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