The Duluth Transit Authority is upgrading to new, heated shelters at seven downtown bus stops.
Where they'll be
* Two stops on the 500 block of West Superior Street.
* Two stops on the 400 block of West Superior Street.
* The north side stop on the first block of West Superior Street (in front of Visit Duluth).
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* The south side stop on the first block of East Superior Street (in front of the new building construction next to Electric Fetus).
* In front of the Holiday Center.
What it's costing
The project will cost $646,000, with 80 percent of that money coming from the federal government and 20 percent from the DTA.
Street and electrical construction costs are $520,000 and the seven heated shelters will cost $126,000 in total.
Other changes
* The sidewalks in front of the Holiday Center and the DTA Transit Center across the street are being expanded to help ease congestion at the busy bus stops.
* The DTA will remove the shelter on Second Avenue East because the new station on Third Avenue East made it obsolete, and it added a new stop in front of US Bank on the 100 block of West Superior Street.
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Gimme shelter
The stops at the Radisson Hotel and the Duluth Public Library don't have shelters because the old units were removed and then there was a production problem with the new units, general manager Dennis Jensen said. The new shelters should begin arriving late next week.
