The Denver Post
October 13, 2008, Jeffrey Leib

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said Monday that he wants RTD to deliver the entire FasTracks program that was promised to voters and will not support some rail lines getting truncated because of budget problems. As he and other Denver officials unveiled the city's new Strategic Transportation Plan at a news conference, Hickenlooper said he has assured Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer that Denver supports the full buildout of the Interstate 225 light-rail line. The I-225 line is one of a number of FasTracks trains that Regional Transportation District officials have identified as candidates for shortening because of a $2 billion shortfall in funding for the project. "I'd be crazy not to put that at the highest priority," Hickenlooper said of original plans for the I-225 train, which was to run from RTD's existing Nine Mile station at Parker Road to Aurora's City Center and the Fitzsimons medical complex before terminating at Peoria Street and Smith Road. There, passengers would be able to transfer to the Denver International Airport train. ...

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