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There’s already a plaque at the Fort Totten Metro station, but by this June D.C. officials hope to have a design for what will eventually become a permanently memorial to the nine people who were killed in the 2009 Metro crash outside the Red Line station. Reports the Examiner:

The District is seeking proposals from artists and architects to build a memorial at a small park off New Hampshire Avenue right along the Metro tracks where one Red Line train slammed into another on June 22, 2009, killing nine people and injuring an estimated 80 more.

Kenneth Hawkins, who lost his brother Dennis in the crash, has been calling for a memorial for the families since the first anniversary.

“The mayor’s office should be commended for taking the lead on this effort,” Hawkins said. “It’s a great step in the healing process for the community.”

The artists competing to design the memorial will have a $165,000 budget, though the memorial itself is expected to cost over $1 million. Officials hope that they memorial will be ready by June 2013, in time for the fourth anniversary of the crash.