MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 27, 2013
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RTD Groundbreaking Ceremony for I-225 Rail Line March 1
New Dawn. New Day. New Train. 2016
| WHAT:
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is commemorating the groundbreaking of the I-225 Rail Line, marking the beginning of construction on the complete line.
WHEN:
March 1, 2013
10 a.m.
WHERE:
Future RTD City Center Station (Currently the Centrepoint and Sable Transfer Station)
14575 East Centrepoint Dr., Aurora, CO 80012 (Map)
SPEAKERS:
RTD General Manager Phil Washington; RTD Board Chair Lorraine Anderson; RTD Directors Tom Tobiassen and Claudia Folska; City of Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan; Major General H. Michael Edwards, Adjutant General of Colorado; University of Colorado President Bruce Benson; Kiewit District Manager Craig Briggs
MEDIA PARKING:
Parking for media personnel will be on the northeast side of the transfer station. Staff and security will be present to direct media personnel to the available parking.
BACKGROUND:
The I-225 Rail Line is a 10.5-mile light rail extension that will travel through the City of Aurora and a small section of Denver. The line, part of RTD's FasTracks program, will connect the existing Southeast Light Rail Line at the Nine Mile Station with the planned East Rail Line at the Peoria/Smith Station and will include eight stations.
FasTracks is RTD's voter-approved transit expansion program to build 122 miles of commuter rail and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit service, add 21,000 new parking spaces, redevelop Denver Union Station and redirect bus service to better connect the eight-county District. For more information, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
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