Duluth Transportation Center Is Almost Complete, You’re Invited To The Grand Opening

It's an exciting time for the City of Duluth!  The construction on the new $30 million dollar Duluth Transit Authority Multimodal Transportation Center is almost done and you are invited to the Grand Opening next month! 

The project has been a long time coming, they began on it way back in June of 2014.  They had originally thought the project would be completed this month but due to the final installation of building features that would ensure safety to the DTA buses and their passengers, it's been rescheduled for next month.  Although the some of the new 400 parking spots are being used now with all being available for use soon.

In a press release, DTA General Manager, Dennis Jensen said,  “This decision to delay the opening is being made primarily in the interest of public safety and to ensure that when we move to Michigan Street, the new Transportation Center is 100 percent ready for our passengers with minimal inconvenience.”

The public is invited to the free Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony and Open House for the newly constructed Duluth Transportation Center (DTC) on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The DTA will be hosting the event that will take place at the DTC facility located at 228 West Michigan Street.

The DTA will provide light refreshments from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There will also be informational tables for DTA partner organizations like Jefferson Lines, Arrowhead Transit, the Duluth Police Department, Greater Downtown Council (GDC), Metropolitan Interstate Council (MIC), the Duluth Bike Coalition, and Northern Lights Express (NLX).

The DTA press release also states that the DTA bus operations at the DTC will begin on Sunday, February 7th. Look for new passenger hand schedules featuring GIS maps to be available on February 1st.