Wed, March 24: Public Hearing for Wards 7 and 8 on WMATA's budget shortfall and proposed changes to metro service
Congress Heights On The Rise Community Connection
Members of the public are asked to comment on proposals for how the
transit authority should close the $189 million budget shortfall at
public hearings this week and next week.
Wednesday, March 24
St. Francis Xavier Church, Bailey Room
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC
Hearing scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., with an open house at 6:30 p.m.
Proposed bus service changes impacting Ward 7 & 8 residents:
Elimination of entire route - A9, A31, A32, A33, M2, P2, S35, V5, X3
Restructure of service - 96, A4, P6, U4, U5, U8, V8, W2, W3, W6, W8
http://www.wmata.com/community_outreach/B10-2_landing/docket/bus_dc.pdf
The complete public hearing docket with detailed information about
proposals to balance the budget can be found at
http://www.wmata.com/community_outreach/B10-2_landing/B10-2_landing.cfm
In addition to the hearings, Metro has created an online questionnaire
to get public input about the budget options at www.wmata.com/survey.cfm.
Written statements and exhibits may be sent to the Office of the
Secretary, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, or e-mailed to public-hearing-
test...@wmata.com . Please reference the hearing number. Submissions
must be received by 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 6.
How to register to speak at the public hearing
To establish a witness list for the public hearings, individuals and
representatives of organizations who wish to be heard at the hearings
are asked to provide in writing their name, address, telephone number
and organization affiliation, if any, to Office of the Secretary,
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth Street, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20001. Alternatively, requests to speak may be faxed
to 202-962-1133 or e-mailed to public-heari...@wmata.com .
Please submit only one speaker’s name per letter and reference the
hearing number. Lists of individual speakers will not be accepted.
Others present at the hearing may be heard after people who have
registered have spoken. Public officials will be heard first and will
be allowed five minutes each to make their presentations. All other
speakers will be allowed two minutes each. Relinquishing of time by
one speaker to another will not be permitted.
News release available in its entirety at
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4368