Replace the elevator and support equipment in the service room of the earpdc building located at 1130 quintard avenue anniston alabama

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $127,121 to the East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (EARPDC) on September 3, 2025, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). This formula grant funds the replacement of an aging elevator and associated support equipment in the service room of the EARPDC building located at 1130 Quintard Avenue in Anniston, Alabama. The existing elevator, approximately three decades old, has become unreliable and unsafe due to age-related degradation, with repeated hydraulic failures requiring frequent repairs. The replacement elevator will serve the five-story building and its diverse tenants, including administrative and transit staff, planning organizations, senior services, and commercial entities.

The project will deliver a new, reliable elevator system that improves operational safety and building accessibility for approximately 2,000+ daily users, including EARPDC staff, transit employees, visitors, board members, and third-party service providers such as UPS and U.S. Postal Service delivery personnel. With an ultimate completion date of March 30, 2032, this capital infrastructure project directly supports the FTA's mission to modernize transit-related facilities and enhance the operational capacity of regional planning and transportation agencies. No subrecipient activities are associated with this award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to replace the elevator and support equipment in the service room of the earpdc building located at 1130 quintard avenue anniston alabama. The current elevator is approaching 3 decades old. Repairs have been made over the past several years when the elevator has stopped working. When the hydraulic fluid gets low the elevator stops. Repairmen have said the only solution due to the age of the elevator and pump is replacement. The elevator is located at quintard tower 1130 quintard avenue anniston alabama and serves the 5 floors of the building. The building houses offices for administrative transit staff support staff cartography the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) planning and development senior services and two independently owned spaces (condo owners) which are an independent CPS and a wealth management company as well as one rental space offered to the transit contractor which they occupy. The building was initially two stories when built in the early 1970S and was expanded to five stories in the 1980S. Staff visitors and 3RD party delivery companies such as UPS and the US post office use the elevator daily.

Activities

The project includes funds for replacing the elevator and support equipment in the service room providing a safer and more reliable elevator for the building.

Expected outcomes

A new reliable elevator for the building.

Intended beneficiaries

The people who will benefit from this project are staff transit guests board members and contractor employees at the east alabama regional planning and development commission.