Gloucester’s new estimated $6.4 million transportation facility could be completed and ready for occupancy by January 2020, according to a design and construction timeline approved by the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night. 

Completion of the facility on the new Page Middle School site would free up the former school site for potential economic development and other county needs and would help better serve both school and county transportation maintenance needs, according to Gloucester County administrator Brent Fedors.

With the timeline presented during a joint meeting of the county’s board of supervisors and school board Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center, the county can now advertise for requests for proposals for architectural and engineering services. Once proposals are received in October, both boards can agree on a proposal and execute a contract for design services as early as November, according to Fedors.

Fedors said the de...