Transit Authority approves easement agreement with DON Enterprises

Feb. 28—The New Castle Area Transit authority board of directors approved an easement agreement Wednesday during its February meeting.

NCATA General Manager David Richards said the DON Enterprises owns a building at 325 E. Washington St. and wants to put a side entrance and sidewalk through a landscaped area of the terminal space the authority owns.

The board also approved the first round of payments for NCATA's planned storage garage at 410 Hobart St.

The payments were $144,168.20 in general trades work to Washington County-based Fleeher Contracting LLC, $10,503 in HVAC wok to Central Heating & Plumbing and $5,130 in electrical work to Hickory Township-based McCurley Houston Electric Inc.

An 18-bus, 18,360-square foot garage will be built at the site of the former Castle Brand Building. All but $30,000 of the $5,620,715 project will be paid for using federal and state grants already secured.

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