CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON HELPS SECURE $84 MILLION FOR DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT’S NW/SE GREEN LINE

Dallas, TX (Wednesday, June 30, 2010) – In her continuing efforts to help North Texas’ public transportation structure, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today helped secure $84 million in federal funds from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the construction of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) NW/SE Green Line.

“I am pleased that DOT released the funds I’ve secured to DART to help improve mobile transit access for residents,” said Congresswoman Johnson.

The project is an approximately 21-mile, two-segment extension of DART’s light rail transit (LRT) system and an operating facility, which will be designed to accommodate the storage and maintenance of vehicles. The Northwest (NW) segment will extend approximately 10.9 miles from the Dallas central business district to the city of Farmers Branch. The Southeast (SE) will extend approximately 10.1 miles from the central business district to Buckner Boulevard. The project also includes: construction of 16 stations and approximately 2,700 parking spaces, a Service and Inspection facility, and a Ways Structures Amenities building.


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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, Turtle Creek, 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.