For Immediate Release:
 February 13, 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 two public meetings to present the current status of the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC)/Earlington Heights (EHT) Connector Metrorail extension project and to discuss activities projected for the next phase.

The first meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 26, with an open house at 5 p.m. and a presentation at 6:30 p.m., at Miami-Dade Transit's Sheila Winitzer Central Administration Building Auditorium, 3300 NW 32nd Ave.

The second meeting will be on Thursday, Feb. 28, with an open house at 5 p.m. and a presentation at 6:30 p.m., at the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Board Room, 3790 NW 21st St.

The 2.4-mile MIC/EHT 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 more information, call 786-469-5550 or email [email protected]. Anyone requiring special accommodations should contact MDT Outreach in writing at least seven days before the meeting they wish to attend.
 

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