Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) – Queen Street Station (Lancaster, PA)
Client: Red Rose Transit Authority
Contact: David Kilmer, Executive Director
Professional Services Provided:
- Construction Administration
- Construction Documents
- Construction Management
- Erosion & Sedimentation Control
- Feasibility Study
- Highway Occupancy Permitting
- Land Development Plan
- Master Planning
- Miscellaneous Permits
- Miscellaneous Study
- Sanitary Sewer Design
- Sketch Plans
- Stormwater Improvements
- Stormwater Management
- Subdivision
- Topographic Survey & Boundary
- Traffic Impact Study
- Water Distribution Design
- Zoning
ELA Group Engineers and Designers worked with the Red Rose Transit Authority to expand its Queen Street Station bus facilities in Lancaster, PA. A six-story public parking garage, including bus transit space in the garage structure, was part of the expansion.
The design included removing an existing parking lot to accommodate the new garage, increasing the parking capacity by 285 spaces.
A unique aspect of this project was the mixed-use design, which integrated a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and tap room on the first two floors with 38 residential condominiums.
ELA Group facilitated securing a Special Exception and Variance permit from the Zoning Hearing Board to allow the condominiums additional height.
The building’s façade was carefully designed to integrate the residential, restaurant, and parking garage uses while being responsive to the surrounding neighborhood’s historical buildings. Three groups of architects involved in the project worked together to develop a cohesive façade, which was ultimately approved by the Lancaster Historic Commission.
