Combined FEIS/ROD issued for Durham-Orange light-rail project

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has signed the combined Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision (FEIS/ROD) for the proposed Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (D-O LRT) Project, which concludes the environmental review phase under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

 

The proposed D-O LRT Project consists of a 17-mile light-rail line (with 17 stations and a rail operations maintenance facility) extending from southwest Chapel Hill to eastern Durham that would serve several educational, medical and other key activity centers. The estimated travel time from beginning to end is 42-44 minutes and service would run every 10 minutes during peak times and 20 minutes during off-peak times. The estimated cost is $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion (in 2015 dollars).

GoTriangle will now be able to begin engineering work to advance project design. Project partners include FTA, Federal Highway Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Army Corps of Engineers, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, Durham County, Orange County, the city of Durham and the town of Chapel Hill.

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