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The facility will house 114 Metrlo buses, but if the land is fully developed, up to 250 buses will be able to live The newbus facility, expected to be readyt as early as 2012, will be built at a site knowm as D.C. Village. Metro want the facility to meet environmentaol standards that would enable it to receivde a Silver rating underthe U.S. Greej Building Council’s program for Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design. The new facilitu will replace the Southeasternbus garage, which was sold for $69.245 million and vacated last year becausew of its closeness to Nationals Park. The land at D.C. Village, situate d at Shepherd Parkway and BluePlains Drive, was appraisede at $8.
05 million. The sale's $6.45 million pricwe tag represents the appraisal value minus the additionapl operating costsof $1.6 million incurred by Metro for movingy the buses. Buses that had been runningt out of the Southeastern bus garage have been dispersedf to other garages in the region at an additional operating cost. Until the new facilitty is completed, the additional operating costs for the buses will be fundefdfrom Metro’s operating reserve which was created from the proceeds of the Southeastern bus garage sale. The finaol sale of property must first be approved bythe D.C.
which will consider it at a June2
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