Fixing Transtar's growing pains
KUHF-88.7 reports that as Transtar's mission continues to increase beyond just keeping an eye on Houston traffic, the agency will double the size of its office space:
As part of the expansion, the county's 9-1-1 system will move to Transtar. This does not affect the city's 9-1-1 system that is housed in the Houston emergency center. Whaley says the expansion will also help them operate better during natural disasters.
"one of the things we found during Rita was that we had lots of people over here and it was standing room only. So we decided to ask for federal funds to help on That part of it. So we'll combine all those projects into one and the county public infrastructure department will be in charge of it."
Because of the evacuation issues Houston faces, the federal Government is chipping in $6 million for that part of the expansion. The county contributes about $25 million for the expansion. Transtar sits on state property. Whaley explains the building is maintained by the county and the city helps with the operation.
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Whaley says about 70,000 square feet of space will be added, more than doubling the size of the current size of the building. The county hired the architects this week to Draw up a plan. Whaley estimates it'll take two to three years to complete the project.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 12/22/06 05:51 AM | Print | Comments (0)
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