First Public Info Session on Raleigh Union Station and West Street Extension is March 6

Prepared by: Public Affairs Department

For more information: www.ncdot.gov/projects/raleighunionstation

February 25, 2013

First Public Info Session on Raleigh Union Station and West Street Extension is March 6

The public is invited to attend the first of several public information sessions regarding the planning and design of the future Raleigh Union Station, March 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Meymandi Concert Hall lobby of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 South Street.

Raleigh Union Station is located at 510 West Martin Street, the existing Dillon Supply Company Warehouse building, also known as the Viaduct Building.  Conceptual diagrams and plans will be available for review at the March 6 session. Representatives from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division, the City of Raleigh and the design team will be available to answer questions. Public comments provided at the workshop will be taken into consideration for the advancement of the station design.

The planning and construction of the new station is a joint initiative of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division and the City of Raleigh. Funding for the first stage of design is provided by a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration.

An added feature of the March 6 session is information that will be offered to the public about the City of Raleigh’s West Street Extension project. This project proposes to connect West Street across the Boylan railroad wye and close the existing at-grade crossing of the railroad at West Cabarrus Street. Maps of the two project alternatives will be available for review and project representatives will be on hand to answer questions. Public comments provided at the session will be used in the development of the project’s environmental assessment.