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For Immediate Release |
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Contact: Phoebe Silag |
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Phone: (202) 225-8885 |
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April 29, 2008 |
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CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON ANNOUNCES DOT GRANT
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Grant will fund DART light rail transit system and operating facility
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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the United States Department of Transportation has awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) a grant of $84,525,000. Dallas Area Rapid Transit will use the money for a 21-mile, two-segment Northwest/Southeast extension of DART’s light rail transit system and an operating facility.
"This money will be a great benefit to the city of Dallas," Congresswoman Johnson said. "Our light rail transit system has been a great success, and extending its service area will help us keep pace with Dallas’s growing population."
The new 35-mile Northwest/Southeast extension will be funded through a mix of local and federal funds. Development of the NW/SE extension will accelerate DART ridership by offering connections to two major employment centers (Downtown Dallas and Stemmons Corridor), Dallas Love Field Airport six internationally-recognized medical centers (Baylor, Parkland, Children’s, Zale Lipshy, UT Southwestern and St. Paul), the internationally-recognized Dallas Market Center, and four regional entertainment destinations (Deep Ellum, West End, American Airlines Center, and Fair Park).
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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.
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