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On parallel tracks

Published Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Denver officials are hoping that the long commuter nightmare on the city's southeast corridor — an area through which 230,000 cars pass each day — is finally over. After more than seven years of planning and construction, the Transportation Expansion (T-REX) Project, a $1.67 billion combination of light-rail lines and highway expansion, will officially open on Nov. 17, on time and within budget. T-REX is part of Denver's answer to a problem affecting many major cities: traffic congestion. T-REX comes to life Planning for the project began in June 1999, with the passage of a law allowing the ...

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