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Richmond Parkway Call Box Unveiling and Demonstration

CONTACTS:

Mona Lombard, City of Richmond
510.620.6579

Reka Goode, MTC
510.464.7706

Who: City of Richmond and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE)

What: Unveiling and demonstration of the first of 14 brand-new roadside call boxes installed along the Richmond Parkway (event will take place rain or shine)

When: Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at 10:30 a.m.

Where: Richmond Parkway, at the corner of Barrett Ave. and Garrard Blvd. (see directions below)

Why: To provide safety for motorists who might be stranded along the Richmond Parkway -- a seven-mile stretch of roadway without gas stations or other businesses

Invited speakers:

  • Maria Alegria, Councilmember, City of Pinole, and former Chair, West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC)
  • Nathaniel Bates, Vice Mayor, City of Richmond
  • Sharon Brown, Councilmember, City of San Pablo, and Vice Chair, MTC SAFE
  • John Marquez, Councilmember, City of Richmond, and Chair, WCCTAC
  • Joseph P. Samuels Jr., Police Chief, City of Richmond

The call boxes are part of a network of approximately 3,500 bright yellow call boxes operated and administered by the SAFE, which is overseen by commissioners of MTC, the regional transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

Note to media: Following the ceremony and refreshments, reporters are invited to observe the operations of the City of Richmond Police Department's new state-of-the-art Communications Center where call box calls are received. The center is located at 326 - 7th Street -- from the corner of Barrett and Garrard, go east on Barrett to 27th Street, and turn right. The center is on the left, one and a half blocks up.

Directions for 10:30 a.m. event: From San Francisco/Oakland, take the Macdonald Ave. exit from I-80 westbound to 27th Street; turn right on 27th; two blocks later turn left onto Barrett Ave. Follow Barrett to its end. From Sacramento, take the San Pablo exit from I-80, and veer right onto Barrett Ave. Follow Barrett to its end.

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