Bus Shelters Slowly Return to Annapolis
Nine are being installed this week but it could be four weeks before another nine appear.
Bus shelters are starting to reappear at stops around Annapolis as Creative Outdoor Advertising (COA) installs the first nine shelters this week. The Florida-based company was contracted by the city in July to install 30 bus shelters and benches to replace the 80 shelters Clear Channel removed in February. At the time, city officials were promised the new shelters would be installed within six to eight weeks. "I’m incredibly disappointed," Mayor Josh Cohen said. "It’s unacceptable how slow the response has been. It’s disrespectful to our bus riders; they deserve better." COA told city officials that the first nine shelters will be installed by Friday, and city parking specialist Iain Banks said their Plexiglas coverings and benches should …
