Metro News Release

For immediate release: February 17, 2005

White Flint Metrorail Station pedestrian access tunnel to close for part of sunday

This Sunday, February 20, the White Flint Metrorail station pedestrian access tunnel will be closed from opening (7 a.m.) to 4 p.m, while Metro personnel perform an intensive cleaning of the new escalator canopies over the pedestrian access entrances.

Customers who normally use this tunnel to cross Rockville Pike (Route 355) should use the surface crosswalk as an alternative.

The completion of canopies at the White Flint station is part of Metro’s comprehensive escalator canopy program.

For more information on Metro, please call (202) 637-7000, TTY (202) 638-3780, or visit Metro’s website at www.metroopendoors.com.

News release issued on February 17, 2005.