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million in federal stimulus funds for work at DenverUnion Station, the announced Wednesday. The grany will help pay for designm and construction at the historic train which is to be converted into a terminal for several differenttransportation modes. RTD is carryinfg out the transit portion of the overal UnionStation redevelopment. The statioj will be a hub for the regionaltransiyt agency’s planned “FasTracks” rail transit project. It will also be used by many RTD The $18.6 million comes from a pool of $8.
4 billion for transigt capital improvements authorized underr the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signedc into law in Denver by Presiden Barack Obama on Feb. 17. “By reinvestinb in our nation’s transitt infrastructure, we are making our communities more invigorating thelocal economy, and puttin America back to work,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday in a The total cost of redevelopingv union station for transit is expected to costabout $478 RTD plans to pay about $208 with the balance coming from federal monegy and other local sources, Roger chief operating officer at Denver lobbyingv firm CRL Associates Inc.
and spokesmab for the Denver Union StationbProject Authority, said in May. RTD separatelyh is seeking stimulus funds for a varietuy ofother projects, includingf $17.1 million to purchaser new fareboxes for the transit system’s bus
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