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[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Times,  3/2/22:

 

 

     Santa Ana approves aid for downtown businesses affected by streetcar construction    

 

 

For more than a month, 4th Street in Santa Ana has bustled with dust and despair rather than people looking to shop and dine. Several blocks of the historic downtown thoroughfare closed for construction starting on Jan. 31 to make way for the OC Streetcar, a 4-mile urban rail system that will be routed through the area once completed.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Engineering News-Record, 3/16/22:

 

 

   Walsh Lawsuit Takes Santa Ana Streetcar Project on Side Trip to Court    

 

 

Walsh Construction Co. has filed a $50-million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in southern California, claiming the contractor is owed money and that the design it was provided for the county’s 4.15-mile streetcar project connecting downtown Santa Ana with Garden Grove is unbuildable.

 

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[KevinKorell]

CBS News, 4/11/22:

 

 

   OC streetcar line construction frustrating Santa Ana businesses  

 

 

The new streetcar line being constructed along Santa Ana's historic Fourth Street is creating big problems for local businesses being blanketed by the noise, dust and disruption. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Patch, 5/11/22:

 

 

    OC Supervisors OK $1.2M For Santa Ana Merchants Hurt By Streetcar Work  

 

 

Merchants in Santa Ana struggling to stay afloat amid construction work for the nearby Orange County Streetcar project got a little help from public officials Tuesday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Times,   7/15/22:

 

 

   Shops and eateries hit hard by OC Streetcar project look forward to its completion    

 

Construction of the OC Streetcar project began in January, and seven months later, businesses along 4th Street remain affected as the 4-mile urban rail system takes shape. Sidewalk closures and roadwork have brought foot and vehicle traffic to a halt.

 

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[KevinKorell]

KABC-TV, ABC-7 in Los Angeles, CA, 7/26/22:

 

 

   Business owners express concerns over OC Streetcar project, ask for financial assistance   

 

 

Downtown business owners held a demonstration outside Monday's Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting, demanding financial aid as construction of the OC Streetcar project continues devastating their livelihoods.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Times,  10/5/22:

 

 

 

  A streetcar is coming to downtown Santa Ana. Will it fast track gentrification?    

 

 

Behind Yohana Rojas’ apartment near downtown Santa Ana, workers are pounding away on a new streetcar line.

 

Nearby, a 218-unit complex is going up on 4th Street, promising a “new riff on downtown living” for rents likely above $3,000 a month.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Voice of OC,  4/28/23:

 

 

   Battling to Survive Santa Ana’s Street Car     

 

 

Maria Perez is one of the many vendors in downtown Santa Ana fighting to survive the construction effort putting modern streetcars back onto one of Orange County’s oldest business districts. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KABC-TV, ABC-7 in Los Angeles, CA,  11/28/23:

 

 

   Santa Ana small businesses struggling to stay afloat amid streetcar construction   

 

 

Still reeling from the pandemic, many downtown Santa Ana businesses are struggling to stay open as streetcar construction in the area reduces their foot traffic.

 

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[KevinKorell]

New Santa Ana, 4/16/24:

 

 

 

  The OC Streetcar’s costs and delays continue to spiral   

 

 

 

Although California High-Speed Rail is unlikely to ever reach Anaheim’s overbuilt ARTIC station, Orange County nonetheless has its own rail boondoggle: the OC Streetcar. Like high-speed rail, the streetcar is behind schedule, overbudget, and unlikely to provide the benefits project sponsors promised.

 

 

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