The DEIS, a joint undertaking of DDOT and the Maryland Transit Administration, was recently released and approved for public comment by the Federal Railroad Administration. Comments should be sent by January 30th, 2004 to: David Valenstein, Office of Railroad Development, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW (Mail Stop 20), Washington, DC 20590.

The DEIS is available at website; hard copies at:Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G. Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washingtoniana Division; DC Department of Transportation, Transportation Policy & Planning Administration, 2000 14th St., NW, 7th flr, Washington, DC 20009, Mon-Fri: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 671-2730; Woodridge Regional Library, 1801 Rhode Island Ave, NE, Washington, DC 20018, Mon: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tues, Wed, Thurs and Sat: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fri, Sun: closed; Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Suite 300, 777 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington D.C. 20002.

DDOT contact: Rick Rybeck, 671-2325, 671-0617/fax or by email