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Salt Lake City Trolley, Phase II Updates


This photo rendering shows 1100 East after the proposed Sugar House Streetcar. (Salt Lake City Corp.)

City Council steers Sugar House streetcar extension to 1100 East

By McKenzie Romero, Deseret News

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...1100-East.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Calling it a vote for improved air quality, Kyle LaMalfa cast the tiebreaking vote of support for an extension of the Sugar House streetcar line eastward onto 1100 East.

"For me, this vote is about winter and summer inversions that are choking us," the Salt Lake City councilman said Tuesday before casting the final vote...

...The first phase of the Sugar House streetcar will be operational by the end of the year, connecting to TRAX at the Central Point Station, 221 W. 2100 South.

Mayor Ralph Becker and his team supported the extension (Phase II) proposed in a private study, continuing the route north from the end of the streetcar line at Fairmont Park, 1040 East, and turning onto 1100 East toward Westminster College...



City Council: Sugar House Streetcar will run on 1100 East

By Christopher Smart | The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politic...sugar.html.csp

In a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council endorsed the controversial 1100 East alignment for Phase II of the Sugar House Streetcar line.

By selecting a "preferred alternative," the city now can seek federal funding for an extension of the line from 2100 S. Highland Drive north along 1100 East to 1700 South. The estimated cost of the extension is about $20 million.

Neither federal nor local funding mechanisms have been identified. And no time frame has been set for construction.

Voting in favor of the 1100 East route were Carlton Christensen, Kyle LaMalfa, Stan Penfold and Jill Remington Love. Soren Simonsen, Charlie Luke and Luke Garrott cast dissenting votes...

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