“When MST staff brought this project to our board, it was impossible for us to disagree on how this was going to be a positive impact to our communities,” said Soledad Mayor Anna Velazquez, who also serves as vice-chair of the MST Board of Directors. 11 ceremony for the new 11,000-square-foot operations facility on San Antonio Drive.
MST General Manager and CEO Carl Sedoryk (middle) leads a panel of guest speakers during the Oct.
Service out of the new location is expected to begin in December. By operating from the facility in King City, MST buses will travel less miles, resulting in a 900-ton annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
MST’s newest operations facility will support 35 employees in its maintenance, administrative and bus driver departments, and up to 40 buses will be operated from and maintained at the 5-acre site. “Where transit goes, community grows - and this investment into King City, which is an investment for South County, will help our communities grow, will help our economies grow, and more importantly, provides an opportunity for our residents to spend much less money on transportation,” King City Mayor Mike LeBarre said. “It takes cement, it takes steel, it takes pipe, but it also takes planners, it takes financiers, it takes accountants - so many people were involved in this over the years.”Īfter 13 months of construction, the $13.5 million project brought an estimated 190 local jobs to the area through direct and indirect activities, providing an economic return of $77.5 million to local communities during the Covid-19 pandemic and related unemployment, according to Sedoryk. “It takes a lot to build a facility like this,” said Carl Sedoryk, MST general manager and CEO. The King City location will support existing and future transit needs in the surrounding rural communities, primarily serving transit vehicles to assist residents of South Monterey County. 11 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new 11,000-square-foot facility on San Antonio Drive. MST Board of Directors and staff members gathered with community leaders as well as architectural and construction partners Oct. SALINAS VALLEY - Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) recently celebrated the completion of its South County Operations and Maintenance Facility in King City after just over a year of construction.