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Update - Utah Transit Authority's New Central Garage

February 10, 2023

Photo By Paniolo Man

Update - Massive new UTA facility expands on clean air transit

ABC4 News - https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news...n-air-transit/

On May 10, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) opened its state-of-the-art maintenance and fueling facility — the Central Depot District Garage — which will fully accommodate today’s alternative fuel and clean air transit vehicles.

This project, which resulted from three years of meticulous construction work, is expected to create jobs, increase economic growth, and improve Utah’s air quality.

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The Depot District will replace the 46-year-old Salt Lake Central Bus Garage, which could maintain just 100 buses at a time due to a lack of available space. Now, the new Depot District will provide UTA with additional storage for more vehicles and state-of-the-art maintenance resources.

Upon opening, this massive new facility — covering 118,088 square feet and located at 200 S. 669 W. in Salt Lake City — will be capable of storing and maintaining up to 150 buses with the potential to expand its service to 250 buses as needed...

...In addition to the expanded facilities, the new Depot District will reportedly free up land at the site of the old Salt Lake Central Garage to be used as a potential mixed-use Transit Oriented Development (TOD) to help address the city’s ongoing housing shortage. This redevelopment project extends over 9 acres and is anticipated to bring hundreds of new apartments, shops, offices, green space, public market, and more to an economically challenged neighborhood...

Overall, the project includes a new bus maintenance shop, bus wash, diesel fueling center, administrative offices,
and charging facilities for UTA’s ever-expanding fleet of electric buses and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.

Courtesy: Keaton Yoshinaga / ABC4

Celebratory Remarks - This achievement was marked with a press event with representatives Mike Schultz and Kay Christofferson speaking, as well as UTA Board Chair Carlton Christensen, UTA Executive Director Jay Fox, and FTA Region 8 Administrator Cindy Terwilliger.

This is a significant step forward for UTA, Utah, our employees, and most importantly, our riders. A modern, robust, and expanded facility allows us to provide increased reliability and positions us to provide more service. Here’s to Depot District! Here’s to more transit along the Wasatch Front!

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Photo Courtesy Utah Transit Authority

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