[WardFive] Rhode Island Ave & Brookland Metro Stations to close July 21 - Sept 3

Neighbors,

 

Please be aware that TWO Metro stations – Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood and Brookland-CUA – will be closing starting Saturday, July 21, through Monday, September 3 (Labor Day). The shutdown is necessary for Metro to repair the platform at Rhode Island Ave station, Metro's oldest outdoor station.

 

Here is a quick round-up of what Metro is doing to provide alternatives during the shutdown:

 

** Free shuttles between stations: Free shuttle buses will replace trains between Fort Totten and NoMa-Galludet U. (See map)

 

** Free EXPRESS shuttles from closed stations to locations downtown: Metro will run free express shuttle buses during AM/PM rush hours between Brookland and Rhode Island Ave and the areas of Metro Center, Gallery Place and Union Station. (See map)

 

** G9 all day: The G9, which normally only runs during rush hour along the length of Rhode Island Ave, will operate during all hours the Metrorail system is open. (The G9 was launched in March 2017 after CM McDuffie secured funds for it in the DC budget)

 

** Temporary dedicated bus lane on Rhode Island Ave NE: Working with DDOT, Metro will establish a new, temporary dedicated bus lane along Rhode Island Ave NE. The lane will operate Monday through Saturday from 7am to 7pm and is not scheduled to remain in place after the shutdown.

 

For full details on the shutdown please refer to www.wmata.com/redline

 

If you'd like to know more about Councilmember McDuffie's engagement on planning for the shutdown going back a couple months, it is outlined in this facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/KenyanRMcDuffie/photos/a.376765422385691.88385.372914132770820/1862423900486495/

 

--Nolan

 

 

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Nolan Treadway

Communications Director

Office of Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie

Chairman Pro Tempore

Chair, Committee on Business and Economic Development

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 506

Washington, DC 20004

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