US Transportation Secretary Announces RTD Funding Award

The following was a press release that RTD released on August 31






U.S. Transportation Secretary in Denver today to make major transit funding announcement



SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN GOLD LINE GROUNDBREAKING



Denver, Aug. 31, 2011 — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit
Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff will be in Denver today to announce a major transit
funding award for the Regional Transportation District’s East Rail Line to Denver International
Airport and the Gold Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge. The two lines are part of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion program.



The award will be announced at a special signing ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 3 p.m. in
Olde Town Arvada. The event also will celebrate the Gold Line groundbreaking at the site of the
future Olde Town Station.



Prior to the ceremony, the City of Arvada and Historic Olde Town Arvada district will hold a
ribbon‐cutting and ice cream social at 2:30 p.m. to open a model of RTD’s future commuter
train, on display at the Olde Town Square at Olde Wadsworth and W. 57th Ave.



WHAT: Full Funding Grant Agreement Ceremony, Gold Line Groundbreaking
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Olde Town Arvada, Grandview lot at Grandview Avenue and Webster Street
SPEAKERS:
 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
 FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff


 Governor John Hickenlooper
 Congresswoman Diana DeGette
 Congressman Ed Perlmutter
 Adams County Commissioner W.R. “Skip” Fischer
 Jefferson County Commissioner Faye Griffin
 Arvada Mayor Bob Frie
 Denver Mayor Michael Hancock
 RTD Board Chair Lee Kemp
 RTD Board Member Lorraine Anderson
 RTD General Manager Phil Washington
 Denver Transit Partners Director Greg Amparano



MEDIA ONLY PARKING: Take Ralston Road to Webster Street. Go south on Webster. The media parking area will be on Webster between W. 57th Avenue and Grandview Avenue.



LIVE STREAMING: RTD will provide a live streaming webcast of the ceremony and groundbreaking.



Journalists and the public can visit www.rtd‐denver.com or
tinyurl.com/FasTracksGrant.