For Immediate Release:
 March 11, 2008

Media Contact:
Manny Palmeiro
[email protected]
 305-218-3682



Public meetings set on Metrorail’s Airport Extension


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) will hold a public meeting to present the current status of the Orange Line – Phase 1:  Miami Intermodal Center (MIC)/Earlington Heights Connector Metrorail extension project and to discuss activities projected for the next phase.

The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 with an Open House at 6 p.m. and a Presentation at 7 p.m. at Miami-Dade Transit’s Sheila Winitzer Central Administration Building Auditorium, 3300 NW 32nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33142.

The 2.4-mile MIC/Earlington Heights Connector Metrorail extension will run from the existing Earlington Heights Metrorail station to the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) adjacent to Miami International Airport (MIA) and includes a new Metrorail station and bus terminal plaza. Direct access between the MIC Metrorail station and the airport will be provided by an automated people mover operated by MIA.

For additional information on Metrorail’s Airport Extension, please call 786-469-5550 or email [email protected].

It is the policy of Miami Dade County to comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The facility is accessible.  For sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices or materials in accessible format, please call 786-469-5550.
 

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MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT
Overtown Transit Village
701 NW 1st Court, 17th Floor Miami, FL 33136
786-469-5420
Residents South of SW 216 St: 305-891-3131