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Posted 25 April 2017 - 09:00 PM

Downtown Phoenix Journal, 4/25/17:
 

 

South Central Light Rail Expansion Moves to Final Design

 

The South Central Light Rail Extension project is moving forward to final design.

 

On April 19, the Phoenix City Council approved a $50 million agreement with Valley Metro to fund final design and pre-construction activities on the five-mile extension on Central Avenue between Jefferson Street and Baseline Road.

 

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Posted 02 October 2017 - 10:08 AM

 

 

New light rail extension coming to Phoenix

Downtown Phoenix buzzes with beeping cars, students running from class to class, and the blaring of the light rail’s bell.

The light rail has long been a popular choice of transportation for students, but light rail usage by ASU students has decreased in recent years as more students turn to personal vehicles, according to JC Porter, the assistant director for commuter services in the ASU Parking and Transit office

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 04:40 PM

 

 

Valley Metro invites community to weigh in on light rail extension

 

Despite some concerns raised, South Phoenix residents voiced support for light rail extension plans laid out by Valley Metro Officials at an open house at Lowell Elementary School Thursday night.

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 02:27 PM

Phoenix, AZ  New Times, 1/19/18:

 


 

 

Let the Countdown Begin: Light Rail Inching Toward South Phoenix

 

 

 

Just five years from now, the Valley’s existing light rail system is scheduled to reach south Phoenix. Final elements such as station design and art are being ironed out — not to mention a variety of unknowns regarding how construction, increased traffic, and a business upswing may impact the historically underserved community.

 

 

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Posted 07 February 2018 - 08:05 PM

Cronkite News, 2/7/18:

 


 

Art in motion: South Phoenix light-rail extension will include 11 cultural art installations

 

 

 

The 6-mile South Central Light Rail Extension not only will provide transportation through South and downtown Phoenix, it also will honor the diverse people and cultures that make South Phoenix such a vibrant community.

 

 

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Posted 27 February 2018 - 08:04 PM

Phoenix, AZ Business Journal, 2/27/18:

 


Phoenix, Valley Metro open new office for light rail extension

 

The Valley Metro transit agency and the city of Phoenix have opened a new office in south Phoenix focused on the extension of Metro light rail down Central Avenue to Baseline Road and South Mountain.

 

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Posted 27 March 2018 - 05:20 PM

KJZZ Radio, Phoenix, AZ, 3/27/18:

 


South Phoenix Business Owners Raise Concerns About Light Rail Expansion

 

 

The light rail expansion that’s coming to South Phoenix along Central Avenue has been highly anticipated by some — and highly contentious for others.

 

Now, some business owners along South Central Avenue are speaking out, raising concerns that the design of the light rail and its four-year construction plan will devastate their businesses and and their community.

 

 

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Posted 07 April 2018 - 12:39 PM

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 4/5/18:

 


 

Business owners oppose south central light-rail extension; Phoenix moves ahead anyway

 

Phoenix leaders have touted the planned light-rail extension into south Phoenix as an essential and overdue service that will connect the diverse community to employment and education opportunities in downtown and beyond.

 

 

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Posted 07 April 2018 - 12:42 PM

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ column, 4/5/18:

 


 

Light rail will do exactly what south Phoenix opponents say

 

 

Some south Phoenix residents and business owners are worried that light rail will gentrify the neighborhood. They're not wrong.

 

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Posted 21 April 2018 - 04:40 PM

Letter to the Editor or Phoenix, AZ Business Journal, 4/19/18:

 


 

Letter to the editor: Central Avenue light rail needs to be re-examined

 

I realized during my time on the Citizens Committee on the Future of Transportation in Phoenix that the extension of the light rail along south Central did not make any economic sense, but now the businesses along the proposed route also realize the damage this extension will do, and many of them have signed a petition objecting to the current plans.

 

 

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