Federal government agrees to fund Blue Line extension
Published: October 17, 2012
Time posted: 11:31 am
CHARLOTTE — The federal government on Tuesday agreed to fund 50 percent of the $1.16 billion Blue Line light-rail extension, a project that would expand the system from uptown Charlotte to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Peter Rogoff, administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, gave the city a funding agreement, officially committing to provide the last piece of financing needed to start construction of the 9.3-mile extension.
The city and North Carolina Department of Transportation are each funding 25 percent of the project’s costs.
The extension project includes 11 light-rail stations and four parking facilities.
Mayor Anthony Foxx said the extension is expected to create more than 7,000 jobs during the construction phase.
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October 18th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
[...] is already available in Mecklenburg County—and just this week, the federal government agreed to help fund an extension of the light rail system by 9.3 miles. Voters in Durham County affirmed that they [...]