Media Advisory: WVU to break ground for intermodal facility Thursday

September 30th, 2008

* WHO :* Interim West Virginia University President C. Peter Magrath; Morgantown Mayor Ron Justice; Narvel Weese, vice president for administration and finance at WVU ; Hugh E. Kierig, director of WVU s Department of Transportation and Parking; and Student Government Association President Jason Parsons

* WHAT :* Groundbreaking for intermodal transportation center at WVU

* WHEN :* Thursday, Oct. 2, at 11 a.m.

* WHERE :* Down the hill from the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Campus, near the site of the existing Personal Rapid Transit station

* DETAILS :* The transportation hub will feature a 500-space parking garage, a covered Mountain Line bus terminal, elevators and a covered bridge to the nearby PRT station, a covered walkway to the Health Sciences Center and office space for the Department of Transportation and Parking.

The 7,000-square-foot facilitywhich is expected to be completed by fall 2009will also provide bicycle lockers, shower facilities for cyclists and shell space for future retail storefronts.

The project will cost an estimated $16 million, with $5.1 million coming from a U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration grant.

* PARKING :* Area 36 at the Medical Center (J&K) Apartments, Van Voorhis Road

* RELATED RELEASE :* http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/6998