Troy Finally Set To Break Ground For Transit Center

After nearly 10 years of controversy, groundbreaking is planned Tuesday for a federally funded $6.3-million regional transit center in Troy. 

"It's a great time for our city to do this," Troy Mayor Dane Slater told Bill Laitner of the Free Press, adding that the center will spur demand for employment and housing in Troy and nearby communities.

The 2,000-square-foot center will go up near the southwest corner of Maple Road and Coolidge Highway, next to an Amtrak rail line that connects Pontiac to Detroit, Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Chicago. The rails form the border between Troy and Birmingham at that point, and the new center will replace an Amtrak platform on the Birmingham side.