1st & Main Transit Station
Overview
In 2005, RTD initiated the FasTracks project that included future commuter rail service to Longmont. In 2012, the City created a master plan for a rail station around 1st Avenue and Main Street. The plan considered future development potential and ways to connect the station to different transportation options, including bus service.
Since the plan was adopted, the City of Longmont and RTD have worked together to plan and build the transit station, including a bus terminal and parking garage. The five-story facility will include a bus station with 10 bus bays, about 700 parking spaces, bicycle storage, and connections to Longmont’s growing network of multimodal transportation options. It will support future Bus Rapid Transit service between Longmont and Boulder, plans for Front Range Passenger Rail and expanded pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.
A high-density mixed-use development will eventually wrap around the 1st and Main Transit Station along Main Street and 1st Avenue. That project is being developed through a public-private partnership and will include approximately 250 residential units above commercial space. Some of the parking within the transit station garage will be leased to the mixed-use development. For more information about other projects in the area, visit the Transit-Friendly Planning webpage.
Project Funding and Costs
The transit station project is supported by significant public and private investment and regional collaboration.
- $16.4 million – RTD contribution toward transit improvements
- $4 million – DOLA Transit-Oriented Communities Infrastructure Grant
- More than $17.6 million – City of Longmont purchase of the property and other project related costs
- The city will fund a significant portion of the project through certificates of participation that will be paid for through a combination of tax increment revenues from the redevelopment, private development parking fees, and city funds from the Public Improvement Fund and the Street Fund.
Project Schedule
| Activity | Begin | Completed |
| Property acquisitions | January 2023 | December 2024 |
| Building remediation & demolition / Site preparation | March 2025 | Summer 2026 |
| Coffman Street & infrastructure design | February 2024 | May 2026 |
| Coffman Street & infrastructure construction | Summer 2026 | Summer 2027 |
| Bus Station / Parking Garage design | March 2024 | Summer 2026 |
| Bus Station / Parking Garage construction | October 2026 | December 2027 |
| Commercial/Apartment Construction | Early 2027 | By end of 2028 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Petroleum-Impacted Soil Cleanup and Temporary Gasoline-like Odors
Work has begun to prepare the site for the future 1st and Main Transit Station. As part of that work, the City is cleaning up soil affected by petroleum from a former gas station. Crews will remove impacted soil to prepare the site for future construction.
Some petroleum remains in the soil from a gas station that used to be on the site. When that soil is uncovered, gasoline-like odors can be released.
The smell may be more noticeable on warmer, sunny or windy days, or while crews are actively digging and moving soil.
Health impacts to the public are not expected. The work is taking place outdoors, where the fumes will quickly spread out in the air.
For people walking past the site or noticing an occasional odor nearby, the exposure is expected to be brief and similar to the type of gasoline fumes people may notice when filling up a vehicle at a gas station.
The contractor will follow applicable state and federal requirements during the cleanup. Dust-control measures will be used when digging and soil removal are happening. Site conditions will be monitored while the work is happening.
Gasoline-like odors should be temporary and most noticeable when digging and soil removal are happening.
Odors should decrease when digging stops and as the impacted soil is removed from the site. Weather conditions may also make odors more noticeable.