Metro News Release

For immediate release: February 26, 2007

Metro and the Riders' Advisory Council to host Public Budget Information Session

Have a comment or question about Metro’s fiscal year 2008 budget? Metro and the Riders’ Advisory Council Budget Subcommittee will conduct a budget workshop at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, February 28, at Metro’s Headquarters.

The purpose of the session is to give riders and the public the opportunity to comment on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2008 and to talk to Metro about it’s budget process by providing their comments and opinions.

The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a public comment period and ending with a “Budget 101" session in Metro’s Lobby Meeting Room, at 600 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. As a follow-up, Metro will host two workshops on the fiscal year 2008 budget on Saturday, March 3, and 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Metro Headquarters can be accessed via the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail Metrorail station on the Red, Yellow and Green Line, Judiciary Square on the Red Line, and Metrobus routes D1, D3, D6, P6, X2, 70, 71, and 80.

For more information, visit www.metroopensdoors.com.

News release issued at 12:00 am, February 26, 2007.