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BITA and the Beaver Island Boat Company plan a joint transportation building in 2000

Also Beaver Island Transportation Authority building 2000 · BIBCO BITA joint facility

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TypeEvent
Dates2000-10 – 2001-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2000-10 – 2001-05
Kind
Construction
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationconstructiongovernancecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Transportation Authority and Beaver Island Boat Company planned a joint facility to support transportation operations. The proposed two-story building would move storage and office functions out of the passenger and freight building and was intended for use by the following spring.

Evidence limits

The issue documents plans, bids, and approval steps in progress, not completed construction or occupancy.

Sources

  1. Reports an 86-by-24-foot, two-story building across from the existing Boat Company building, with office, conference, storage, and maintenance space, and says bids and MDOT approval were being pursued for spring use. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the published planning report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “BITA and the Beaver Island Boat Company plan a joint transportation building in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bita-boat-company-transportation-authority-building-planned-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2000, “New Transportation Authority Building Planned for Boat Co. & BITA Expansion.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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