The public comment period for FasTracks‘ I-225 Corridor Environmental Evaluation ends Monday, with the preferred alternative being a 10.5-mile light rail extension connecting the Nine Mile Station with the Peoria Station of the planned FasTracks commuter train to Denver International Airport.

You can read the EE documents online, except for two large exhibits available at libraries or on CD by request to the Regional Transportation District.

Map of the FasTracks I-225 Corridor light rail alignment

The estimated $442 million project avoids any residential property acquisitions but does include acquisition of 18 businesses and 250 storage units. It also requires about 46 acres of property now owned by the Colorado Department of Transportation, mostly along I-225, and 37 acres of Aurora-owned right-of-way.

The project includes eight new stations — including Peoria Street at Smith Road, which would be shared with the East Corridor serving DIA. The other stations would be at Iliff Avenue, Florida Avenue, Aurora City Center at Sable Boulevard and Centrepoint Drive, Second Avenue at Abilene Street, 13th Avenue, Colfax Avenue and Montview Avenue.

While all the stations would have bus transfer connections along with pedestrian and bicycle access, only five would have park-n-Ride lots. Three — Florida, Colfax and Montview — would be walk-up neighborhood stations similar to the Louisiana-Pearl Station on the T-REX corridor.

The public can submit comments online at RTD’s FasTracks web site, or by mail to Tina Jaquez, I-225 Corridor Public Involvement Liaison, at RTD FasTracks Team, 1560 Broadway, Suite 700, Denver CO 80202.