Gold Line Final EIS to be Published This Spring

RTD is hard at work completing the Gold Line Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Scheduled for publication this summer, the final document will include more detailed engineering of the proposed project and responses to all the comments that were submitted on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Where appropriate, the FEIS will also be updated to reflect any changes in impacts or mitigation measures since the DEIS was published last July.

Following the publication of the FEIS, there will be a 30-day public comment period that includes a public meeting. The final document will then be submitted to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for approval, which is issued through a Record of Decision (ROD). RTD plans to receive the final decision document from the FTA this fall. Construction on the Gold Line is anticipated to begin by 2011, with the line opening to the public in 2015.