EIS Process and Documents

In July 2006, RTD began a comprehensive study of transit alternatives for the Gold Line. The finished product of this study is the Gold Line Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD). After more than three years of in-depth alternatives screening, detailed impacts analysis and extensive community outreach, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued the Gold Line ROD on November 2, 2009, marking the end of the EIS process. All of the documents from that process are available on this section of our website.

• Gold Line Record of Decision (November 2, 2009): The ROD describes the Gold Line Preferred Alternative and the mitigation commitments required in order to implement  the project.
• Responses to Gold Line Final EIS Comments (November 2, 2009): This report includes all comments received on the Final EIS and individual responses to each one of them. 
• Gold Line Final EIS (August 21, 2009): The Final EIS contains the Gold Line team's final recommendation and analysis on the alternative selected for final design and construction and includes responses to public and agency comments on the Draft EIS.
• CRMF Supplemental Environmental Assessment (April 15, 2009): This document includes the comprehensive environmental assessment  of the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (CRMF).  
• Gold Line Draft EIS (July 18, 2008): This document contains the preliminary analysis of the Gold Line Preferred Alternative.  
  

Our website also contains additional information on the Alternatives Analysis, the EIS decision-making process  and the Gold Line Purpose and Need, which established the benchmark from which all Gold Line EIS alternatives were evaluated.