RTD to get $18.6M from stimulus for Union Station project - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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million in federal stimulus funds for work at DenverUniohn Station, the announced Wednesday. The grant will help pay for designb and construction at the historic train which is to be converted into a terminal for severalp differenttransportation modes. RTD is carryinv out the transit portion of the overallo UnionStation redevelopment. The station will be a hub for the regionatransit 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 billioj for transit capital improvements authorizerd under the American Recoverhy and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signerd into law in Denvetr by President Barack Obama on Feb.
17. “By reinvestin in our nation’s transirt infrastructure, we are making our communitieamore livable, invigorating the local economy, and puttiny America back to work,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHoox said Wednesday in a The total cost of redevelopingh union station for transit is expectefd to costabout $478 million. RTD plans to pay aboutt $208 million, with the balance coming from federapl money and otherlocal sources, Roger chief operating officer at Denvere lobbying firm CRL Associates Inc. and spokesman for the Denver Union StationProject Authority, said in May. RTD separately is seekinv stimulus funds for a variety ofothedr projects, including $17.
1 million to purchase new fareboxes for the transitr system’s bus fleet.