Groundbreaking! Transit Center to offer access to adult education, day care

HCC President Bill Messner joined Holyoke Mayor Michael Sullivan, Congressman John Olver, Senator Michael Knapik, Representative Michael Kane, Federal Transit Administrator Richard Doyle, Mary MacInnes of PVTA, and Peter Picknelly, Peter Pan/Picknelly family representative, for a groundbreaking ceremony on January 26, for the Holyoke Multimodal Transportation Center and Picknelly Family and Adult Education Center on Maple Street in Holyoke.

In addition to providing intermodal connections for pedestrians, taxis, autos, buses, and bicycles, the transit center, to be located in a restored, historic fire station, will offer adult education classes on site. The first floor will house a PVTA information and ticket booth, passenger waiting area and restrooms. The second floor will be leased to Springfield-Holyoke-Chicopee Head Start for day care and pre-school, and HCC’s adult literacy programs will be located on the third and fourth floors.

PVTA, the City of Holyoke, Peter Pan Bus Lines, and an army of dedicated volunteers have worked since 2002 to secure federal, state, and local funding for the project. It is scheduled for completion February 2010.

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