Timeline
- April 1995 — Southeast Corridor Major Investment Study (MIS) begins. Recommends 19-mile (31-kilometer), 13-station light-rail extension and major safety improvements (but no additional lanes) to I-25/I-225.
- October 1997— Denver Regional Council of Governments adopts MIS.
- March 1998 — Public meetings begin for project's environmental impact statement (EIS).
- November 1999 — Voters approve two bond measures that pave the way for project financing.
- December 1999 — Final EIS signed.
- March 2000 — Record of decision issued.
- July 2000 —T-REX begins qualifying contractors for bidding.
- November 2000 —FTA awards $525 million full-funding agreement. Request for proposal released to qualified bidders.
- May 2001 — Southeast Corridor Project renamed Transportation Expansion Project (T-REX). Southeast Corridor Constructors, a Kiewit-Parsons team, selected to build the project.
- June 2001 — Contract awarded; notice to proceed issued.
- Sept. 24, 2001 — Groundbreaking.
- October 2001 — Construction begins.
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- Completed November 17, 2006
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