U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff officially awarded the Regional Transportation District (RTD) a $1.03 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) to help build two rail lines in the FasTracks transit expansion program. A special signing ceremony on August 31st was followed by the groundbreaking for the Gold Line at the site of the future Olde Town Arvada rail station.
See photos from the ceremony: http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/main_220