RTD is beginning maintenance on retaining walls along its southeastern light rail lines that is expected to last roughly six months.
Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) is embarking on roughly six months of maintenance work that will lead to service disruptions and less frequent service on RTD’s southeast light rail lines, reports Jon Murray in The Denver Post. “This work is addressing retaining walls on one side of the alignment, RTD says, with similar work scheduled next year for the other side.”
“Starting Monday, E-Line trains are running with normal 15-minute frequency for most of the day between Union Station and Southmoor, but service has been cut to every 30 minutes between Southmoor and RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree. The R-Line, which connects Aurora to south metro cities, is now running only between the Peoria and Florida stations, with service suspended to nine stations between Florida and Lincoln Station near Lone Tree.”
“Crews will inspect and repair coping panels, which are caps on top of retaining walls, between the I-25/Broadway and Lincoln stations.” The project is expected to wrap up in October of this year.
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