What's New

Snow-delayed Open House RESCHEDULED
The Regional Transportation District's (RTD) Northwest Rail Westminster Segment and Gold Line are under construction. You are invited to meet with the Denver Transit Partners team to learn about the project, construction activities, contracting and job opportunities.

The FasTracks rail lines will serve northwest Denver, southwest Adams County, Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Westminster.

Bring your questions or comments to the following meetings.

Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Highlands Masonic Center
3550 Federal Blvd.
Denver, 80211

The open house will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m.

Families Welcome!

Light refreshments will be served.

For additional information, special needs requests or to request Spanish translation, please contact Christina Zazueta at 303-576-3352 or Christina.Zazueta@dtpjv.com.

For more information on the RTD FasTracks Northwest Rail Line, feel free to visit http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/nw_1

Northwest Area Mobility Study update
HNTB Corporation has been recommended to the RTD Board as the consultant team to lead the Northwest Area Mobility Study.

A selection committee comprised of RTD staff, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and representatives from local jurisdictions made the recommendation. The study will begin as soon as the contract is signed.

The purpose of the study is to develop consensus among RTD, CDOT and corridor stakeholders, including local jurisdictions, on cost-effective mobility improvements to serve the northwest area.

The analysis should provide RTD with a prioritized list of improvements which will have the support of all interested parties.

HNTB will develop base year capital, operations and maintenance cost estimates, and conduct fatal flaw analyses of technical, financial and environmental issues related to the improvements. The study is expected to be completed by early 2014.

HNTB was recently listed in the top three firms nationwide for all six categories of the "Go-To List" of 2012 Top Design Firms from Roads & Bridges magazine, taking top honors in four of the six. HNTB ranked as the No. 1design firm in the categories of road and highway, bridge, design-buildand mass transit.

Northwest Rail to South Westminster Breaks Ground

The groundbreaking included six members of the public planting garden stakes in the holes dug by the speakers (in orange vests). From left to right are: Phil Washington, RTD GM; Bob Eck, Design West Studio; Skip Fischer, Adams County Commissioner; Gary Shea, Westminster Progressive Homeowners Association; Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally; Phil Bryant, Qualimage; Skeet Hartman, Import Auto Care; Larry Hoy, RTD Director, District J; Greg Amparano, Denver Transit Partner Project Director; Jared Carlon, Norris Design; Kevin Smith, VP of Finance for South Westminster Arts Group; and John Tayer, RTD Director, District O.

The Northwest Rail Line broke ground June 28, 2012 near the site of the future Westminster Station in the 6900 block of Grove Street. This represented the start of construction on the first segment of the line.

"Planting Progress, Local Jobs...Local Business...Local People" was the theme of the event as RTD teams with local partners to "plant the future" with local jobs, mobility, economic development and opportunity.

This 6.2-mile segment of the Northwest Rail Line--from Denver Union Station to south Westminster (71st Ave. and Lowell Blvd.)--is funded as part of the Eagle P3 project. It is scheduled to be completed in 2016. Click on Eagle P3 project for more information about the project.

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Board Approves $17 Million for Longmont Station

A remaining $305 million in short-term funds is available for project either not yet in construction or under contract. The RTD Board decided that the most technically feasible way to use these funds is the following:

U.S. 36 Bus Rapid Transit--Complete managed lanes to Interlocken ($90
million)
North Metro Rail Line--Complete from DUS to Stock Show Complex ($90
million)
I-225 Rail Line--Complete from Nine-Mile to Iliff ($90 million)
Northwest Rail Line--Complete Longmont Station ($17 million)
Central Rail Extension--Additional technical analysis ($0.5 million)
Southeast Rail Extension--Final design & federal environmental process ($9 million)
Southwest Rail Extension--Relocate Union Pacific Railroad track ($8.5
million)

For a fact sheet on the projects funded by the $305 million, click here.

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Release of the Northwest Rail Final Environmental Evaluation

Since 2007, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) has been studying the impacts of providing rail service from Denver to Longmont in the Northwest Rail Environmental Evaluation (EE) as part of the voter-approved RTD FasTracks Program. Northwest Rail Line (NWR) is a proposed 41-mile commuter rail line from Denver Union Station to Longmont passing through North Denver, Adams County, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville and Boulder.

RTD has released the NWR Final EE to the public. The release of the document concludes the environmental study and planning phase for this project. This action allows the project to move towards final design, construction, and operation as funding becomes available for the FasTracks Program.

As the project advances, RTD will continue to work with local, state and federal agencies, local jurisdictions, stakeholder groups and members of the general public along the Northwest Rail Line to address issues or concerns relating to this project.

NWR Project website:       www.rtd-fastracks.com
RTD FasTracks Hotline:     303-299-2000
E-mail:

Northwest Rail Liaison:      M. Marta Sipeki
                                         marta.sipeki@rtd-denver.com
                                         303-299-6921

Thank you for your continued interest in the Northwest Rail project. For more information about RTD FasTracks and to find out about the progress being made on other projects visit www.rtd-fastracks.com.

Si usted tiene preguntas, o para información en español sobre este proyecto, por favor llamar al 720-936-1769.