Roofing plant: RTD plan likely means closure
“The head of an Owens Corning roofing products plant in north metro Denver said Thursday his company would likely be forced to close the manufacturing operation permanently if RTD takes the property by eminent domain for a commuter rail maintenance facility.
The Regional Transportation District says the Owens Corning site, at 52nd Avenue and Fox Street in Adams County, just over the Denver-Adams boundary, is the preferred location for the $200 million rail maintenance center, which will repair and house about 100 rail cars used on four FasTracks commuter trains.
For several months, Owens Corning executives and company employees have been lobbying RTD to spare the roofing plant and select another location for the maintenance center.”
Leib, Jeffery. The Denver Post 29 May 2009.