WHYY Newsworks reported Friday that a new Claymont Regional Transportation Center will replace the existing Claymont station.
The new train station will be integrated into the redevelopment of the 420-acre former Evraz Claymont Steel site. The project will cost $40 million. Construction is expected to start in March 2018 with the first trains rolling through in May of 2020.
Mixed use development is expected to take place at the site in the next couple of decades. Redevelopment works has already taken place in the former steel town in the form of new retail and residential projects.
The project will be funded in part with a $10 million TIGER grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Other funding sources include another $13 million in federal funding, plus $16 million from DelDOT.
“The regional transportation center will improve the mobility of travelers in a region growing economically and demographically,” said DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan. The new station will include more parking, better access for both pedestrians and bicycles. “The new multi-modal center will be accessible to the growing number of residents and visitors to the area.”
Currently about 1,200 riders use the existing station on weekdays, with about 100 passengers using it on weekends.
The station will be integrated into the redevelopment work at the old Evraz Claymont Steel site. The steel mill closed for the final time in 2013.
