D.C. leaders are at odds with federal officials over key parts of a multibillion-dollar plan to remake Union Station into a new commercial hub and transportation anchor for the region’s economy.
Under proposed plans, by 2040, the train station would be transformed into a world-class, multimodal transit hub with wide, spacious platforms, a new train hall with natural light, and modern concourses lined with shops and restaurants providing easy access to Metro, buses, taxis, ride-shares, streetcars and parking.
In all, the project would involve about $10 billion in public and private investment.
But city officials are in a dispute with the Federal Railroad Administration over a preliminary design being pushed by the FRA in a draft environmental impact statement released this summer. D.C. officials say the federal design “falls short” of the city’s vision for the Union Station of the future.
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