MEDIA ADVISORY: Longmont Breaks Ground on Future 1st & Main Transit Station, Advancing Regional Transportation Connections - City of Longmont
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Beginning Sept. 2, the Development Services Center (385 Kimbark St) will be closed to the public every Wed, 8 – 11 am.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Longmont Breaks Ground on Future 1st & Main Transit Station, Advancing Regional Transportation Connections

artist rendering of the four story 1st and Main Transit Station - a building with a bus and cars driving in front of it.

WHAT:
The City of Longmont and regional transportation partners will celebrate the groundbreaking of the future 1st & Main Transit Station, marking the start of construction of a major new multimodal transportation hub in downtown Longmont. The project represents more than two decades of planning and regional collaboration to create a multimodal transportation hub that will connect Longmont to regional bus service, future passenger rail and a growing network of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.

 

WHEN:
Friday, Oct. 9 at noon

 

WHERE:
Site of the future 1st & Main Transit Station
South side of 1st Avenue, west of Main Street
Longmont, Colorado

Media parking available on the west side of Main Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues

 

WHO WILL SPEAK:

  • Susie Hidalgo-Fahring, Mayor, City of Longmont
  • Patrick O’Keefe, Chair, Regional Transportation District
  • Maria De Cambra, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
  • Shoshana Lew, Director, Colorado Department of Transportation
  • Lisa Kaufmann, Senior Strategic Advisor, Office of Governor Polis

 

WHO CAN ATTEND:

Members of the media, project partners and the public are invited to attend.

 

ABOUT THE PROJECT:
The five-story transit center will include a bus station with 10 bus bays and approximately 700 parking spaces, along with bicycle storage and connections to the city’s growing multimodal transportation network. The project will support future Bus Rapid Transit service between Longmont and Boulder and connect with planned infrastructure for Front Range passenger rail.

 

Construction of the 1st & Main Transit Station will be completed by the end of 2027 and is part of a larger transformation of Longmont’s lower downtown corridor. In addition to the transit center, area redevelopment plans include extending Coffman Street between 1st Avenue and Boston Avenue, new housing and commercial development and the planned Front Range Community College campus. Together, these projects are helping establish a new STEAM-focused district centered on education, workforce development, innovation, arts and makerspaces.

 

Learn more about the 1st & Main Transit Station and follow project updates online.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jill Lis

jill.lis@longmontcolorado.gov

720-355-1385