[Durham INC] New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tuesday

[Blalock, Amy]

For Immediate Release: September 13, 2010

 

New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tuesday

New Episode Begins Airing Tuesday, September 14 on DTV8

 

DURHAM, N.C. - The following highlights from the September 7, 2010
Durham City Council meeting and other topics of interest will be
featured in the upcoming episode of "City Hall This Week."  The show
will begin airing on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. and will also be
available to watch "on demand" at 
www.durhamnc.gov/dtv8/CityHallThisWeek.cfm. 

 

Website Offers Information About 2010 Street Bond Referendum 

The City of Durham is offering voters a chance to become more informed
about the upcoming $20 million street bond referendum by visiting 
www.DurhamOperationGreenlight.org. The website explains which streets
would be repaved if the bond funds are approved and offers an update on
all of Durham's street repaving projects. Residents can also visit the
website to find out when and where community information sessions will
be held throughout the month of September. City Manager Tom Bonfield
explains why residents are being asked to vote on the referendum on the
upcoming episode of "City Hall This Week."

 

Triangle Transit Receives Increased Authority to Operate and Update
Transit Trip Planning Services

 The City Council approved an inter-local agreement between Durham and
Triangle Transit. The agreement allows Triangle Transit to operate,
manage, enhance, and update the Regional Call Center and the GoTriangle
website to accommodate the current and future trip planning needs of
transit customers. Senior Transportation Planner Pierre Osei-Owusu
explains how this will help make using the regional bus system as simple
as possible on the upcoming episode of "City Hall This Week."

 

Federal Stimulus Funds Help Pay for Mass Transit Passenger Information
Project

The City Council approved a $729,637 contract for the purchase and
installation of a mass transit passenger information system. The program
is expected to help improve bus arrival and on-time performance of
Durham Area Transit Authority's (DATA) fixed route system, which will
allow customers to know whether buses will be late or arriving on time.
Most of the funds to pay for the new system were awarded to Durham
through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Senior
Transportation Planner Pierre Osei-Owusu explains why this information
is expected to be helpful to DATA customers on the upcoming episode of
"City Hall This Week."

 

Other interviews featured on upcoming episode of "City Hall This Week":

*         City Manager Tom Bonfield - Offers an update on what happens
now with the Southside Revitalization Project.

*         Triangle Transit General Manager David King - Explains how
Durham residents can help shape the future of mass transit in the
Triangle.

*         Recreation Manager Rukea Womack - Explains why Durham will be
singing the blues after all this fall. 

 

"City Hall This Week" is a news program dedicated to informing Durham
residents about what is going on inside Durham's City Hall. Each edition
is taped on the first and third Tuesday of the month - the day after
City Council meetings. It airs three times a day on DTV8 (Time Warner
Cable channel 8) through the week of the next City Council meeting.  

 

For more information, call the City's Office of Public Affairs at (919)
560-4123, visit the City's website at www.DurhamNC.gov/DTV8, or visit
the DTV8 Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/DurhamTV8. 

 

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