Metro News Release

For immediate release: March 31, 2006

Columbia Heights Metrorail station east entrance closed starting Monday For two weeks

The Columbia Heights Metrorail station’s east entrance on the Green Line will be closed on Monday, April 3, for approximately two weeks while personnel install an overhead cover to protect customers as a joint development project begins adjacent to the station.

Customers who use this entrance are encouraged to use the pedestrian walkway to cross 14^th and Irving Street N.W., to access the Metrobus stop.

For more information on Metro, please call (202) 637-7000 or visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopendoors.com

News release issued on March 31, 2006.