City concludes air and noise study at temporary bus terminal

Air quality and noise pollution haven’t changed much since the temporary bus terminal stopped at city hall April 7, says the city transit manager.

Since area residents and business owners raised health and safety concerns moved in, Brad Loroff said the city needed to study the area more and see whether air and noise pollution would increase. After a multi-week study, Loroff said residents can breathe easy.

"The test results that we have right now show that there’s no significant increases to either air quality or noise levels," Loroff said. "We needed to come up with some information to compare that data to what the conditions were at city hall prior to city hall operating there," Lahroff said.

Another area of concern, traffic, has increased but Loroff said steps like installing a 4-way stop at Brodie and Donald streets have helped.

The study is part of administration’s recommendation to keep the temporary bus terminal at city hall instead of moving to Violet Street and North Street, which was the original plan.

City council will make a decision during a regular scheduled council meeting Monday night.