Lewis Farms Transit Centre opens its doors
By Mathew White
EDMONTON — The City of Edmonton opened the gates of the new Lewis Farms Transit Centre on Wednesday, June 8.
- The Lewis Farms Transit Centre sits at 1021 Webber Greens Drive and officially opened on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. The centre is meant to improve transit in Edmonton’s west end and throughout the entire city. Photograph by Mathew White.
“This new transit centre is part of the city’s long-range plan to encourage people to take public transit,” said Mayor Stephen Mandel in a press release.
The west end transit centre cost roughly $13 million, with one third of the funding coming from the Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (CAMRIF).
The centre has over 600 spaces in the new park-and-ride lot, 14 bus bays, a public washroom and security cameras and emergency phones for public safety.