Metro News Release

For immediate release: February 8, 2010

Metro postpones weekend track work, emergency response exercises

Focus is on resuming Metrobus, Metrorail, MetroAccess service

Metro is postponing Presidents Day weekend track work on the Blue and Orange lines and two emergency response exercises due to last weekend’s record snowfall and ongoing recovery efforts.

The major track rehabilitation project that would have closed the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery Metrorail stations will be rescheduled at a later date.

In addition, two emergency response exercises that were scheduled for this Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13, have been postponed.

“Priority number one this week is to dig out from this record snowfall and resume operations on Metrobus, Metrorail and MetroAccess,” said Dave Kubicek, Metro’s Acting Deputy General Manager of Operations. “With additional snow in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, we must focus all of our efforts on safe operations and continuing to help get people where they need to go.”

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News release issued at 3:08 pm, February 8, 2010.