City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 22, 2014
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution in Support of the Virginia Railway Express Slaters Lane Crossover and Signals Project. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: City Council consideration of a resolution in support for the Virginia Railway Express Slaters Lane crossover and signals project
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt a resolution (Attachment 1) in support of the Slaters Lane crossover and signals project.
DISCUSSION: Virginia Railway Express's (VRE) Slaters Lane crossover and signals project will include the design and construction of a rail crossover and related signals in the vicinity of Slaters Lane, north of Alexandria's Amtrak/VRE station. The project will provide passenger rail and freight track connections between the easternmost, middle, and westernmost tracks between Alexandria and Crystal City. The project will also allow for passenger rail service to utilize all three tracks, which pass through Alexandria's Amtrak/VRE station. Existing conditions only allow for passenger rail trains to utilize the middle and westernmost tracks, which constricts how passenger and freight trains can operate through the station area.
As part of VRE's pedestrian tunnel project, which provides a direct connection to the King Street-Old Town Metrorail station from Alexandria's Union Station, major improvements will be made to eastern platform, including:
* Americans with Disabilities Act access improvements;
* A new stairway to the new pedestrian tunnel;
* Installation of an elevator which will connect to the new pedestrian tunnel; and
* Platform extensions, alternations, and reconfigurations.
Along with the improvements to the eastern platform, the Slaters Lane rail crosso...
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