Southwest Corridor

Southwest Corridor Final Environmental Evaluation
is now available.

Southwest Corridor March 2010 Newsletter
is now available.

Thank you for your participation in the
Southwest Corridor Environmental Evaluation Process

Starting in Fall 2008, a team of planners and engineers have been working hard
on the Southwest Corridor Extension Environmental Evaluation (EE) and
Basic Engineering (BE). An EE is a process done by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to fulfill the RTD Board of Directors' commitment to perform the same level of environmental planning on all FasTracks corridors and projects. The planners and engineers have finished their work and are finalizing their responses to your feedback on:

The findings of the environmental study
The selected alignment and station locations for the extension of light rail into your community
How this line fits into the overall FasTracks system

Use the Southwest Corridor Interactive Environmental Evaluation (EE) Map to review the EE. Comments will be accepted until December 18, 2009. The Final
Environmental Evaluation will be released early next year for approval
by the RTD Board.

Public Involvement Process
The Environmental Evaluation (EE) was conducted in three phases. Below are
the meeting materials, presentations, newsletters and summaries
associated with each phase.

Phase I: Scoping/Defining Purpose and Need -- October 2008
Phase II: Alternative Development/Environmental Evaluation -- March 2009
Phase III: Final Recommendation -- November 2009

Southwest Corridor

Southwest Corridor Environmental Planning Continues on Schedule
The Southwest Light Rail Line opened in July 2000 as a 6.7 mile extension from
I-25/Broadway to Mineral Avenue in Littleton. The Southwest Light Rail has five stations with nearly 2,600 parking spaces. The Southwest Corridor Extension will make the Southwest line even more successful by adding 2.5 miles of additional light
rail and 1,000 space park-n-Ride at the end-of line station at C-470/Lucent Boulevard. The Southwest Corridor Extension will make the Southwest line even more successful than it is today. The current plan is to extend light rail transit service to Highlands Ranch by providing the following:

2.5 miles of additional light rail
An end-of-line station at C-470/Lucent Boulevard
1,000 space park-n-Ride facility at the end-of-line station
An intermediate station, located near the southeast corner of the C-470/US 85 Interchange is also being considered as part of this current phase of study. This station is currently not a part of the FasTracks plan.