The grant will fund completion of design, engineering and construction drawings for a planned $2.5 million state-of-the-art facility on West Lane, said Al Babinicz, executive director of Clemson Area Transit, or CAT.

“It will be a smart-green facility that will be designed to grow with us and give us more space, more flexibility and contain energy-efficient measures to drive down costs,” he said.

Design will incorporate solar energy, stormwater recycling for washing buses and landscape watering, and other Earth-friendly features that Clemson Mayor Larry Abernathy said continues efforts by the city and adjoining Clemson University toward greater environmental stewardship.

If approved for federal stimulus funding, the project could be completed in about nine months, Babinicz said.

Construction would create new jobs and would have “a ripple effect through the community” by providing jobs and also because materials will be purchased locally to the greatest extent possible, Babinicz said.

The facility, which is on an existing bus route, will save tax dollars by providing a central facility and increased security for the fleet of 26 buses currently parked outdoors in various locations across the city, Babinicz said.

By Anna Simon • CLEMSON BUREAU

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