Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 7, 2003

Canopy installation continues this week at Metro’s Brookland-CUA west and L’Enfant Plaza north station entrances

This week, personnel will continue canopy construction at Metro’s Brookland-CUA west (closest to Catholic University), and L’Enfant Plaza north (Maryland Avenue and 7th Street S.W.) station entrances. At these station entrances, personnel are installing the permanent structure frame for the canopy to be installed over the station entrance. On Wednesday, July 9, the Brookland-CUA west station entrance will be closed for the entire day. Metro will provide free shuttle bus service between Bus Bay A at the east entrance and the west entrance every 15 minutes on the hour during Metrorail service hours while the west entrance remains closed. From Monday, July 7, to Thursday, July 10, the L’Enfant Plaza north station entrance at Maryland Ave. and 7th Street, S.W., will close at 10 p.m. However, the L’Enfant Plaza Mall Concourse , 9th and D Street, S.W., station entrance, and the D Street station entrance between 6th and 7th Streets, S.W., DOT Courtyard, will remain open for service. As part of the Comprehensive Escalator Canopy Pilot Program, canopies are being constructed at four Metrorail Stations: Brookland-CUA, L’Enfant Plaza, Medical Center, and Virginia Square-GMU. Construction of all canopies is expected to be completed by the end of July. Metro apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information on Metro, customers can call (202) 637-7000, TTY (202) 638-3780, or visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com

News release issued on July 7, 2003.