Plum officials still seeking spot for bus garage

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, 7:12p.m. Updated 3 hours ago

Plum School Board members are looking to widen the search for a new bus garage.

The decision follows a report by Pennsylvania Soil and Rock Inc. in Monroeville that building a new garage on borough property on Renton Road would cost $2.8 million about $1.8 million for site work, utilities, storm-water management, paving, curbing and sidewalks, erosion and sediment controls and landscaping, lighting and retaining walls and $1 million for the building.

We would spend $1.8 million for earth moving and permitting (and other work) to build a $1 million building, Plum School District Superintendent Timothy Glasspool said during last week's transportation committee meeting.

The borough owns 110 acres at the site at which a new public works operation opened in October.

Plans also call for a combination building to house a new ambulance base for Plum Emergency Medical Services and a new station for the Renton Volunteer Fire Co.

Board President Sal Colella in November proposed exploring the possibility of building a new garage at the Renton Road site because the district's current bus garage on two acres off Leechburg Road that is more than 40 years old is in disrepair and needs work including driveway and parking lot paving, new lights and cameras, roof restoration and upgrades to the restroom, doors and vestibules, roof restoration and upgrading the restrooms, doors and vestibule.

The area also is cramped and has little space, board member Tom McGough said.

Colella said he envisions a 65,000-square-foot building to house the district's bus fleet that has 59 vehicles, according to the district website.

Colella estimates the building would cost about $1 million.

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Plum officials still seeking spot for bus garage