By JOHN DORAN Independent Record | Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:00 am

City commissioners on Monday night awarded a $2.527 million contract to Swank Enterprises to build a new transit station north of Malfunction Junction.

The Valier-based construction business put in a base bid of $2.198 million — below the engineering estimate of $2.67 million — which will allow for the construction of some additional amenities, including a cold storage building, a hydraulic bus lift and a bus wash system.

“It builds everything we had asked for in our specifications,” said Helena Area Transit System fleet manager Ed Robinson.

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