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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 3:31 PM CDT
It's baaack: A proposal for light rail
Austin Business Journal
A light rail system proposal from ROMA Design Group, a consultant hired by the city of Austin, will be unveiled tonight during a public meeting.
The proposal calls for a light rail system, not the streetcar system Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority had recommended, that would run 14 miles from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to downtown, through the University of Texas campus and toward the Mueller development, says Austin Council Member Brewster McCracken.
The cost of the proposed system is still unclear, and could range from $5 million a mile to roughly $30 million a mile, he says. After a heated campaign, voters rejected a light rail proposal in 2000, though that plan differed from the one to be laid out Tuesday night.
ROMA's proposed route is similar to potential routes the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transit Working Group has been discussing in recent months. That group has been talking about a Central Austin transit system since October, and Mayor Will Wynn has said he would like to see a transit system on a November ballot.
The proposal will be unveiled during a meeting at Austin Energy's headquarters, 721 Barton Springs Road, at 5:30 p.m.
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