Troy Doesn't Own Transit Center Land, Says Appeals Court

The half-built, $6 million project could be in jeopardy following the ruling in favor of Grand/Sakwa Properties.

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a developer who claims that the city of Troy does not own the land where its regional transit center is currently being built. Real estate developers Grand/Sakwa Properties originally donated the 77 acres, south of Maple and Coolidge roads in Troy, back in 2000, with an agreement to get the transit center funded within 10 years. The court ruled that the Troy City Council's approved plan to fund the center, contentiously agreed upon in January 2012, was too late to meet the June 2, 2010 deadline.  "The City of Troy has built this Transit Center on a parcel of land it does not own now and has never owned," Grand/Sakwa spokesperson Mort Meisner said Friday. "Next steps are unclear." A consent …

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5:45 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013

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Troy Transit Center Expected for Completion in August

Don't miss the train! Soon to come: a lease agreement with Amtrak.

Check out the Troy Transit Center page on Patch for wall-to-wall coverage of the $6.62 million project. The requirement of building a 60-foot crash wall at the Troy Transit Center has pushed the estimated date of completion for the project back one month, according to city officials. In a progress report to the City Council presented at Monday night's meeting, City Manager Brian Kischnick said that following a brief delay in construction last month, the new estimated date of completion is Aug. 5. According to Kischnick, some work items were rescheduled as the City Council considered design plans for the crash wall, which were approved earlier this month. That strategy allowed for a minimum of time lost as well as additional costs incurred…

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David Gifford

8:59 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Lynnette, I don't know if you have looked into the Amtrak schedule but currently the best options for commuting to Detroit from the Troy/Birmingham station is Depart: 5:58 am, Arrive: 6:25 am in Detroit then Depart: 7:13 pm, Arrive: 7:44 pm in Birmingham at a cost of $22 round trip. Not only that but once you are at the Detroit station it is a 3 mile trip south to downtown so you would have to …   more ›

City Breaks Ground on $6.3 Million Troy Transit Center

Congressman Gary Peters attended the event to officially break ground on the project, which is expected to be completed by October of next year.

On a chilly but sunny Tuesday morning in Troy, all six members of the Troy City Council, flanked by Congressman Gary Peters and representatives from the business community and railway, drove clean shovels into a mound of dirt, tossing it aside and ceremoniously breaking ground on the $6.3 million Troy Transit Center. "This is a significant project, really a significant step to a broader regional transit system," U.S. Congressman Gary Peters said, addressing a large crowd before the groundbreaking. "Hopefully we'll also have a regional transit authority soon, and we can be doing what ever other major region has done, which is invest in regional transit." "It's a great day for Troy," Troy Mayor Dane Slater said. "We can hopefully re-develop …

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City to Break Ground Tuesday on Troy Transit Center

The transit center will be an Amtrak station with access to regional bus routes, taxi services and the Troy-Oakland airport.

City to Break Ground Tuesday on Troy Transit Center

The transit center will be an Amtrak station with access to regional bus routes, taxi services and the Troy-Oakland airport.

The following information was provided by the City of Troy. After nearly a decade of planning, the City of Troy will break ground at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Troy Multi-Modal Transit Facility. The City of Troy received a federal grant for the construction of the transit center through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program and Federal Rail Administration (FRA).  The project is fully funded with federal funds; no City funding is required for the construction of the project. The Troy Multi-Modal Transit Facility will replace an inadequate Amtrak station with an ADA-compliant, safe and secure transportation center in the City of Troy.  The Facility will strengthen transit …

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Troy City Council Pushes Against Adding 'Birmingham' to Transit Center Name

Some council members believe "Birmingham" should be removed from the transit center's new title.

Troy City Council members debated the name of the Troy Birmingham Transit Center Monday evening after an update on operations funding from Troy Chamber of Commerce President Michele Hodges. The name change—from the Troy Transit Center to the Troy Birmingham Transit Center—was made for a number of reasons, Hodges said. "It sets the stage for the future," Hodges said, adding that the transit center's proximity to Birmingham makes the transit center a destination for people visiting both cities. "We want to be as informative as we can to that customer," she said. “We think Birmingham is an outstanding brand. ... We just think it’s good business." Council members, who appeared to be surprised by the name change Monday, had a different point of…

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Group Forms Website to Recall Troy Mayor Janice Daniels

"In light of widespread clamour for a recall of Troy Mayor Janice Daniels, a few concerned citizens got together and decided to mount the effort," reads the group's website.

A group has formed to recall Troy Mayor Janice Daniels, who first came under fire in December for her anti-gay Facebook comment and has since remained the center of controversy after voting against the Troy Transit Center (a scaled-down version was later approved), telling the Troy High School Gay-Straight Alliance the homosexual lifestyle is "dangerous" and writing a lengthy position paper personally attacking city employees and council members. "We believe that the citizens of Troy must take our city back from this dangerous, polarizing ideologue," reads a post on the group's website, www.recalljanicedaniels.com. The group has officially submitted petitions for approval by the Elections Board. Daniels said she is not concerned about the …

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Jen Anesi

11:37 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

It has become clear that this thread is no longer facilitating a constructive dialogue and has taken a negative turn, so I'm shutting it down. Thank you for your comments!   more ›

In Second Try, Troy City Council OKs Scaled-Down Transit Center Plan

Officials vote 4-3 to approve a revised proposal for the $6.27 million multi-modal transit center after council voted down an $8.4 million proposal in December.

In a special meeting Tuesday evening at Troy City Hall, Troy City Council voted 4-3 to approve a revised transit center proposal submitted by Councilman Dane Slater earlier this month that caps the federally funded transit center project at $6.27 million. The cost – reduced from $8.4 million – was meant to entice a "yes" vote from a majority of City Council members, including Councilman Wade Fleming, who voted against the project Dec. 19 but indicated he would be willing to vote for a less costly version of the project. “I met with John Szerlag and John Miller and … thought the cost of the transit center was too high,” Fleming said during Tuesday's meeting. Fleming said he and Slater worked with design firm Hubbel, Roth & Clark, city …

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