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I-225 Rail Line Video Flyover

The FasTracks Team has prepared a series of Video Flyovers for each Rail Line.
View the entire I-225 Rail Line, or a segment of the Line.

I-225 Corridor Project Update Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
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Nine Mile to Iliff

On March 8, 2011 the RTD Board of Directors approved the 2011 FasTracks Financial Plan. Included in the plan is $305 million in short-term funding for the projects not yet in construction or under contract. This includes the I-225 project. Under the short-term funding, the I-225 project will receive $90 million in funds to complete the Segment 1 - Nine Mile Station to Iliff Station.

Segment 1 Includes:

• Extension of Light Rail Tracks 1.5 miles to the north
  
  
• Construct Median Bridge over NB I-225
  
  
• Reconstruct Yale Avenue Bridge
  
  
• Construct 600 space surface park-n-Ride
  
  
• Construct Light Rail station and bus plaza

As part of the short-term plan, the project team must complete an Environmental Evaluation (EA) on Segment 1. This is being conducted in case federal funds become available for the project. The EA will use information and documentation that was developed in the EE that has already been approved. The Segment 1 EA is scheduled to be reviewed and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) signed by the Federal Transit Administration by July 2011. Additionally, the project team is reviewing opportunities to collaborate with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) on the expansion of lanes on the I-225 highway. This would allow CDOT and the I-225 project team to efficiently complete the rail line and highway expansions by sharing construction resources. It will also allow the agencies to minimize inconvenience to the public during the expansion of the light rail and highway. Please check back for meetings and project updates.

I-225 Rail Line Video is online