Fw: City of Raleigh News Release - Second Union Station Public Information Session

***** F. Y. I. ***** PLEASE SEE (NEWS RELEASE) INFO BELOW >>>>>>   Ms. Deborah Ford ECAC Co-chair--RCAC 2nd. Vice-chair (919) 835-3566 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Willard, Charlene" <Charlene.Willard(a)raleighnc.gov> To: Philip W Poe <pwpoe(a)att.net>et>; "Jim (jopaumier(a)earthlink.net)" <jopaumier(a)earthlink.net>et>; "Benson Kirkman (benson.kirkman(a)att.net)" <benson.kirkman(a)att.net>et>; "normancamp(a)bellsouth.net" <normancamp(a)bellsouth.net>et>; "cac-chair-emrys(a)eastraleigh.org" <cac-chair-emrys(a)eastraleigh.org>rg>; "Ginger Deason (cac-secretary(a)eastraleigh.org)" <cac-secretary(a)eastraleigh.org>rg>; "dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com" <dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 1:24 PM Subject: FW: City of Raleigh News Release - Second Union Station Public Information Session FYI   Charlene Holmes Willard Community Specialist City of Raleigh Community Services Dept. PO Box 590 Raleigh, NC  27602 Phone:  919.996.5718 Fax:  919.831.6123 charlene.willard(a)raleighnc.gov The Official City of Raleigh Portal - Community Services Department     From:Public Affairs [mailto:PublicAffairs@info.raleighnc.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:12 AM To: Willard, Charlene Subject: City of Raleigh News Release - Second Union Station Public Information Session   Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. | Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs Prepared by:  Christopher Riley, Public Affairs Specialist April 23, 2013 For more information: Roberta Fox, Planning and Development, 919-996-4638 or Eric Lamb, Transportation Planning Manager, 919-996-2161 Second Union Station Public Information Session to Be Held May 1 The public is invited to attend the second in a series of public information sessions regarding the planning and design of the Raleigh Union Station on Wednesday, May 1 at the Contemporary Art Museum, 409 West Martin Street. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit input regarding program elements. Conceptual plans also will be available for review and comment There also will be an opportunity to learn more about the City of Raleigh’s West Street Extension Project and the South Street/Lenoir Street project at the workshop. The West Street Extension project is a proposed connection between the north and south sections of West Street and to close the existing at-grade crossing of the railroad at west Cabarrus street. The South Street/Lenoir Street Project proposes to convert portions of the streets from one-way to two-way traffic and includes of other streetscape improvements There will be a brief presentation at 6:00 p.m. Representatives from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division, the City of Raleigh and the design team will be available to answer questions. Public comments provided at the workshop will be taken into consideration for the advancement of the station design. Raleigh Union Station is located at 510 West Martin Street, the existing Dillon Supply Company warehouse building, also known as the Viaduct Building. The planning and construction of the new station is a joint initiative of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division, the City of Raleigh and Triangle Transit. Funding for the first stage of design is provided by a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration. Learn About: Raleigh Union Station  City of Raleigh • 222 W. Hargett Street • Raleigh, NC 27601 This email was sent to charlene.willard(a)raleighnc.gov using GovDelivery, on behalf of: City of Raleigh · 222 West Hargett St · Raleigh, NC 27601 “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.”