Metro News Release
For immediate release: November 29, 2011
Metro to mark escalator milestones at Union Station & Foggy Bottom
MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
On Wednesday, Metro General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles will mark the completion of escalator rehabilitation work at Union Station and escalator replacement work at Foggy Bottom. The three new and seven fully refurbished escalators at two of Metro's busiest stations are the first major milestones in Metro’s $150 million effort to improve escalator reliability.
WHAT: Escalator Milestone Events
WHO:
- Richard Sarles – Metro General Manager and CEO
- David Ball - President, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation
WHEN/WHERE:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
• 10 a.m. at Union Station Metrorail Station, top of escalators at First Street entrance (near MARC corridor)
• 11 a.m. at Foggy Bottom Metrorail Station, entrance at 23rd and Eye Sts. NW
News release issued at 4:22 pm, November 29, 2011.