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Friday, January 20, 2012

SCAT Transfer Station Opens Monday

Sarasota County Area Transit cut the ribbon on its Cattleman Road Intermodal Transit Station Thursday.

Folks looking to get a ride to and from the areas near Cattleman Road and Bahia Vista Street will have a new option starting Monday. The new Sarasota County Area Transit Cattleman Intermodal Transit Station will open for service Monday. It's located just north of the Sarasota County Government Cattleman Complex off of Cattleman Road and Bahia Vista Street. "With expansion of our SCAT services as well as our customer base, we need to meet that challenge with new facilities to satisfy increasing needs of our transit dependent community," County Commission Vice Chairwoman Carolyn Mason said at a Thursday ribbon cutting event. The station has six bays that can hold SCAT's 29- and 35-foot buses and the new 40-foot express service buses. Another…

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