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The facility will house 114 Metro but if the land isfullyh developed, up to 250 buses will be able to live The new bus facility, expected to be ready as early as 2012, will be built at a site knowh as D.C. Village. Metrp wants the facility to meet environmental standards that would enabld it to receive a Silver rating undetrthe U.S. Green Building Council’ program for Leadership in Energy andEnvironmentalp Design. The new facility will replace the Southeasternbbus garage, which was sold for $69.25 milliojn and vacated last year because of its closenes s to Nationals Park. The land at D.C. situated at Shepherd Parkway and BluePlainws Drive, was appraised at $8.05 million.
The sale'es $6.45 million price tag representsa the appraisal value minus the additional operating costsof $1.6 million incurred by Metro for moving the buses. Buses that had been runningh out of the Southeastern bus garage have been dispersed to other garages in the region at an additionaoloperating cost. Until the new facility is completed, the additionak operating costs for the busews will be fundedfrom Metro’s operating reserve account, whicb was created from the proceeds of the Southeasterbn bus garage sale. The final sale of propertyh must first be approved bythe D.C. Council, which will considert it at a June2 meeting.