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Cheyenne MPO narrows potential passenger-rail station locations to two sites
Summary
The Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Organization presented a site-selection study that identified two preferred locations for a future passenger-rail station — near Happy Jack and the Reed Avenue/steam-plant corridor — and outlined cost estimates, risks and next steps tied to regional funding decisions.
Christopher Yaney, director of the Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented a station site-selection study for potential passenger-rail service to Cheyenne, saying his office evaluated six locations and narrowed them to two finalists: a “Happy Jack” site near Happy Jack and Missile Drive and a Reed Avenue/steam-plant corridor option. No action was required of the Laramie County Board of Commissioners during the presentation.
The study estimated construction costs at roughly $30.9 million for the Happy Jack option and between about $24.1 million and $28.2 million for Reed Avenue alternatives; the lower figures for Reed Avenue exclude any costs to stabilize or rehabilitate the steam plant, which the…
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