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Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) has officially kicked off construction on its FasTracks program. Earlier this week, the agency held a ceremony in Lakewood, Colo., to begin removing old trolley tracks along the West Corridor, the first line to be built under the 12-year program.

Scheduled to take four months, the track removal will make way for utility relocation, which needs to be complete before general construction can begin. When it opens in 2013, the 12.1-mile West Corridor light-rail line will run between the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver and the Jefferson County Government Center in Golden, Colo.

FasTracks calls for building six new commuter- and light-rail lines, extending three existing corridors, adding 18 miles of bus rapid transit and redeveloping Denver Union Station.