The City of Guelph broke ground on a 280,000 square-foot facility that will store, charge and maintain the city’s electric buses and other municipal fleet vehicles.

PCL Construction is building the complex in collaboration with prime consultant Stantec and Strasman Architects Inc. The project will include a vehicular and pedestrian bridge, a precast parking structure and storage facility, electric bus charging infrastructure, a fleet maintenance building and administrative offices. Once complete in 2030, the facility will be able to grow alongside the needs of the community.

“Investing in public transit is key to building strong, connected and sustainable communities,” said Dominique O’Rourke, MP for Guelph, on behalf of Gregor Robertson, minister of housing and infrastructure. “We’re improving the capacity of transit systems to ensure people can safely and reliably get where they need to go. Building a modern transit facility in Guelph creates the capacity required to increase the size and sustainability of the Guelph Transit fleet and serve generations to come.”

The Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program has committed $77 million in funding to help Guelph improve storage and charging capacity for its bus fleet, including $35 million from Ontario and $42 million from the federal government.

Photo by Strasman Architect Inc.