07-22-04
Contact: Melissa Sabatine
Telephone: (202) 366-4043
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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