What's New

The purpose of this meeting was to begin planning for the 2.5- mile extension of light rail on the Southwest corridor from Mineral Avenue to a new end-of line station at Lucent Boulevard. A potential intermediate station at Erickson Boulevard
was also studied. 

Comments may be mailed or delivered to 1350 Lawrence St., Suite 9A, Denver, CO 80204. Written comments may also be submitted electronically to edwardromero9a@comcast.net.


October 2008 Meeting Materials now available

Southwest Corridor Fall 2008 Newsletter now available

Planning for Southwest and Southeast Corridor
Extensions Underway

Work has begun on the environmental process for the Southwest Corridor Extension. This process, an Environmental Evaluation (EE) is the planning, or initial, phase of work for this project. During the EE we will be holding public meetings at regular intervals to provide you with useful, up- to-date information regarding the project; and, more importantly, to receive your comments, input, and concerns. It is anticipated to take approximately 18 to 20 months to complete.

No planning process can be successful without input from its stakeholders, which include all of those who will either use the system or in some way be affected by it. The EE will use public input together with technical, environmental, schedule feasibility, and cost information to evaluate and confirm the alignment for the Southwest Corridor Extension. We encourage you to participate in the public process so that the outcome of evaluation is a success.

Many have most likely heard about the challenges RTD and the FasTracks program is facing as a result of current economic conditions, lower tax revenues, and increases in construction costs. The RTD Board of Directors has acknowledged that additional strategies for implementation of the overall program must be considered. However, regardless of the challenges facing the FasTracks program, the planning phase for the Southwest Corridor Extension is underway and will proceed through completion. This is important for a variety of reasons including:

• RTD has committed to performing a NEPA-level environmental study on all corridors and the Southwest Corridor Extension is no exception; and
  
  
  
  
  
• The planning work will be completed and is necessary prior to going forward with construction, regardless of construction schedule.

With stakeholder input, the final EE product will be a successful study that will lay the foundation for the ultimate configuration of the Southwest Corridor Extension.