RTD to get $18.6M from stimulus for Union Station project – St. Louis Business Journal:

million in federal stimulus funds for work at DenvedUnion Station, the announced Wednesday. The grant will help pay for designb and construction at the historictrain station, which is to be converteds into a terminal for several different transportation modes. RTD is carrying out the transit portiom of the overall UnionStationh redevelopment. The station will be a hub for the regional transit agency’s planned “FasTracks” rail transit It will also be used by many RTD The $18.6 million comes from a pool of $8.
4 billion for transit capital improvements authorized undetr the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of signed into law in Denverf by President Barack Obam a on Feb. 17. “By reinvesting in our nation’s transit we are making our communitiedmore livable, invigorating the local economy, and putting Americza back to work,” U.S. Transportation Secretaryh Ray LaHood said Wednesday ina statement. The total cost of redeveloping unio n station for transit is expected to costabout $478 RTD plans to pay about $208 with the balance coming from federal money and othert local sources, Roger Sherman, chief operating officer at Denvefr lobbying firm CRL Associates Inc.
and spokesman for the Denvert Union StationProject Authority, said in May. RTD separately is seekingh stimulus funds for a variety ofotherf projects, including $17.1 milliohn to purchase new fareboxes for the transity system’s bus fleet.
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