RTD on Tuesday introduced Dr. Joel Fitzgerald Sr. as its new chief of police and emergency management, who will take over with 30 years of law enforcement experience.
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Residential and commercial development in and around Boulder Junction. If or when a commuter train ever comes to Boulder and Longmont, this would be the Boulder stop.
The Regional Transportation District will restart planning of its long-delayed commuter rail line between Denver, Boulder and Longmont, with a focus on a bare-bones version that could get rolling sooner.
The agency’s board of directors on Tuesday signaled its support for new environmental and engineering work that will likely take 18 to 24 months and cost $5 million to $8 million. The board is expected to give its formal approval this summer. The planning work is meant to capitalize on the possibility that RTD could receive federal funding through President Joe Biden’s recent infrastructure proposal.
New RTD boss questions wisdom of long-promised Boulder train
New RTD head Debra Johnson is questioning if an extension of the B Line from Westminster to Longmont now estimated to cost $1.5 billion is the best option. Author: Nathaniel Minor (Colorado Public Radio News) Published: 2:33 PM MST January 16, 2021 Updated: 2:35 PM MST January 16, 2021
BOULDER, Colo. Elected officials in the Boulder region have grumbled ever since the Regional Transportation District (RTD) delayed its rail line from Denver to Longmont.
RTD promised the line in 2004 as part of the voter-approved FasTracks program, but rising costs have delayed the project by decades. The agency s staff leaders and elected board have pledged the line will be built when the agency can afford it probably sometime around 2050.