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FTA 29-04
Contact: Melissa Sabatine, Tel.: (202) 366-4043
Email: Melissa.Sabatine@fta.dot.gov
Thursday, July 22, 2004
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Funding For Durham/Raleigh
Regional Rail System
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a grant of $17.2
million to help fund a planned 32.2-mile regional rail system from Durham to
North Raleigh, North Carolina.
“Regional rail will relieve road congestion, protect the environment, and
connect workers to jobs,” said FTA Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn. “The Bush
administration is committed to transit because it connects commuters to the
rapidly expanding economy.”
The grant awarded today brings the total federal funding for this project to
$62.6 million and will be used by the Triangle Transit Authority to support
final design activities, engineering and project management for the
Durham/Raleigh regional light rail project.
The project, which includes 16 stations and 13 park-and-ride lots, begins at
Duke Medical Center in Durham and ends at Spring Forest Road in Raleigh. Four
stations will be in the city of Durham, two in Research Triangle Park, two will
be in the town of Cary, and eight stations will be in the city of Raleigh. All
stations will have bus connections and the stations in downtown Durham and
downtown Raleigh will connect to planned multi-modal centers. In addition, the
downtown Cary station will be next to the Amtrak station.
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