Improved and expanded Waterbury park and ride opens

The Vermont Agency of Transportation today reopened the Waterbury Park and Ride, which had been closed for expansion and modernization since April 12. The new park and ride has 70 spaces, while the old one had 60 spaces, but since those spaces were not delineated fewer cars may have comfortably fit at times.
The old facility had a recycled asphalt and gravel surface, which is why there were no marked parking stalls. The new facility is not only paved and line striped, but the facility’s lighting is greatly improved. The Green Mountain Transit Agency (GMTA), which suspended service to the park and ride during construction, will once again be picking up commuters near the entrance to the facility, where VTrans installed a newly constructed bus shelter.
The Waterbury improvements are part of VTrans’ Park and Ride Program, which has a goal of doubling the amount of state-owned park-and-ride spaces between 2008 and 2018. The Agency’s FY2011 budget (which kicks in July 1) includes $3.1 million to fund the enlargement and improvements to two existing lots, as well as construction of three new facilities, which combined will create over 280 additional parking spaces.
Aside from this current work, there are seven additional facilities in various stages of development that in the future will provide approximately 700 new or improved spaces. These spaces, combined with those under development, will nearly double the number of existing spaces at VTrans’ park-and-ride facilities from 2008 to 2018.
Source: VTrans. 6.21.2010