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[KevinKorell]

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 11/28/18:

 

 

Phoenix voters may again decide the future of light rail

 

 

A group of fervent light-rail opponents is one step closer to letting Phoenix voters again decide the controversial transit system's fate. 

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KSAZ-TV, Fox-10 in Phoenix, AZ, 11/28/18:

 

 

Opponents of South Phoenix light rail project continue with their campaign to stop it in its tracks

 

 

It's a plan that's been in the works for years, but local businesses and homeowners in South Phoenix want to stop the expansion of the light rail.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KJZZ Radio, Phoenix, AZ, 2/6/19:

 

 

Valley Metro To Unveil Latest South Central Light Rail Design

 

 

 

After some south Phoenix residents and business owners pushed back against the city’s plan to extend light rail, Valley Metro conducted more community outreach. It held meetings to explain why it wanted to reduce Central Avenue from four lanes to two lanes south of downtown to Baseline Road.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KTAR Radio, Phoenix, AZ, 4/12/19:

 

South Phoenix light rail extension gets federal approval, access to funds

 

 

 

The south Phoenix light rail extension gained federal approval this week to move into its next phase, pumping millions of dollars into the project.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Phoenix, AZ Business Journal, 7/10/19:

 

  South Central Phoenix light rail extension receives $100M federal grant  

 

 

A controversial light rail project in Phoenix received a $100 million grant from the federal government this week — just more than a month before city voters will weigh in on whether to kill it and all future light rail development.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Mass Transit, 10/21/19:

 

 

Construction begins on South Central Extension/Downtown Hub light-rail project  

 

 

 

Valley Metro has started construction on the South Central Extension/Downtown Hub light-rail project, with crews starting to identify underground utilities in the downtown area.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KSAZ-TV, Fox-10 in Phoenix, AZ, 7/16/20:

 

   South Phoenix light rail extension construction underway along Central Avenue     

 

 

 

On July 16, construction crews were seen working on the light rail extension in South Phoenix.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 9/15/20:

 

   The pandemic crushed south Phoenix business. Then light rail construction started  

 

 

 

Hilda Peña remembers having to wake up early on Saturdays after a commercial for her Western wear business Botas Juarez aired on Spanish television. There would be a line by the time she and her husband, Miguel, got to the store.

 

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[KevinKorell]

KTAR Radio, Phoenix, AZ, 12/4/20:

 

   South Phoenix light rail extension gets $638 million in federal funding    

 

 

The South Central light rail extension in Phoenix will receive $638 million from the United States Department of Transportation to help complete the project, Arizona Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly said in a press release Friday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 12/24/20:

 

    South Phoenix light rail line gets 2 boosts: a $530 million federal grant and financial support for impacted businesses  

 

 

As the COVID-19 pandemic impacted light-rail ridership and squeezed small businesses along the south-central corridor just as light rail construction was beginning, both the project and businesses owners along the route will receive some security.

 

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