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Public to scrutinize plan to pay for LYNX Blue Line extension (access required)

By Abbie Bennett
Published: March 4,2013

Residents will have an opportunity this month to weigh in on the plan to pay for the LYNX Blue Line extension project, which will cost the county more than $250 million.


Banking on light rail to UNC-Charlotte (access required)

By Bea Quirk, contributing writer
Published: March 15,2012

If every step of the process goes as planned, the Lynx Blue Line extension to the UNC-Charlotte could operate as early as 2017. Five years might seem a long ways off, but some property owners and property managers already see dollar signs.


Going south? Some worry about the 
suburban direction in which 
South End is headed (access required)

By Bea Quirk, contributing writer
Published: March 12,2012

South End – Charlotte’s first designated transit-oriented district – is at a crossroads. Will it maintain its burgeoning urban environment, or will encroaching suburban development turn it into another bedroom community for uptown?


Proffitt Dixon hopes the Blue Line puts its $26M apartment project on path to success (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: February 20,2012

The site where Proffitt Dixon Partners is developing a $26.2 million luxury apartment community sits near the Lynx Blue Line light-rail route, and the company is taking advantage of that. Plans for the Fountains at New Bern Station include a light-rail lobby that will be built about 50 feet from the New Bern Blue Line station.