The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority and Serfass Construction and Development announced March 9 that development of a build-to-suit Paratransit Operations Facility for LANTA will break ground this spring.

The new facility will be located at 1501 S. 12th St., Allentown.

The 67,000-square-foot facility will feature administrative offices, dispatch, a maintenance bay, wash bay and vehicle staging.

All of LANTA’s paratransit operations will be run at this new location.

The site was chosen for its easy access to major roadways and its proximity to LANTA’s existing headquarters.

The new location will allow LANTA to efficiently and conveniently serve the public in Lehigh and Northampton counties.

Serfass and its affiliated companies will design, build and own the facility.

Move in is scheduled for early 2022.

LANTA’s LANtaVan division operates a fully coordinated door-to-door paratransit system covering Lehigh and Northampton counties.

LANtaVan provides mobility services to seniors, persons with disabilities, and other populations through various human service transportation funding programs.

The LANtaVan system uses a fleet of 85 paratransit vans to operate this service on a daily basis, and before the COVID-19 outbreak, would typically provide more than 400,000 passenger trips annually.

“We are looking forward to moving into this new home for our LANtaVan division and our partnership with Serfass.

“This modern, state of the art facility will provide various operational benefits for the region’s paratransit system,” according to a spokesperson for LANTA.

“We are excited about the long-term partnership with LANTA,” Matthias Fenstermacher, vice president, Serfass Construction said.

“LANTA provides one of the most important essential services to the community, and we are thrilled to play a small role in their mission.”