Date:
Monday, July 14, 2008
Contact:
Michele Villnave, WSDOT Communications, (360) 705-7875 (Olympia)
Tom Hanson, WSDOT Intercity Bus & Transportation Specialist (509) 667-3029 (Wenatchee)
WENATCHEE – Media, government, business leaders and the public are invited to help celebrate the opening of the new North Wenatchee Park and Ride Lot. LINK Transit and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 15th at 3:30 p.m. at 320 East Penny Road.
With more and more commuters carpooling, vanpooling and taking the bus, the need for more park and ride lots has increased. LINK collaborated with WSDOT using a $752,400 Regional Mobility Grant plus local transit funds, to purchase the property and develop a new 220 space park and ride lot.
The WSDOT Regional Mobility Grant program funded the North Wenatchee Park and Ride project. The WSDOT Regional Mobility Grant program was funded as part of the 9-1/2 cent Transportation Partnership Act in 2005. The state’s Regional Mobility Grant Program works to improve the coordination of transit services and to increase the use of transit to reduce congestion.
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