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[KevinKorell]

WBUR Radio, Boston, MA, 3/7/18:

 

16 Years In The Making, Fort Lauderdale Streetcar Project Takes Step Forward

 

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A plan to build a streetcar route in downtown Fort Lauderdale inched forward last month when the city and county councils voted to approve the project.

 

Jenni Morejon, executive director of the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority, says the Wave Streetcar will offer advantages over the area's existing bus system.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Fort Lauderdale, FL Sun-Sentinel, 3/16/18:

 

 

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Fort Lauderdale candidates vowed to kill Wave streetcar Tuesday after swearing-in

 

 

The first campaign promise for the newly elected City Commission will be tested Tuesday, after all three candidates signed pledges that they’d vote “to cancel The Wave” streetcar project on the very day they’re sworn in.

 

 

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[Sloan]

 

 

Wave goodbye? Fort Lauderdale may cancel its streetcar project

 

After Fort Lauderdale’s newly elected mayor and city commissioners officially take office on Tuesday, they may end the city’s controversial effort to develop a streetcar system called the Wave.

https://therealdeal....eetcar-project/

 

The operative verb here is "may." Politicians pledge but often waffle when getting into office.  So, we shall see what we shall see.   Sloan

[KevinKorell]

Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 3/20/18:

 

 

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Wave streetcar: What would it mean for us?

 

Critics of the Wave say the $195 million electric streetcar system will only grow in cost, will have no advantage over buses, and will contribute to traffic congestion instead of relieving it, among other things.

 

 

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[Sloan]

 

 

Wasserman Schultz: Killing The Wave streetcar project would be 'colossal mistake'

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http://www.sun-senti...0329-story.html

[Sloan]

 

 

Broward cuts back its plans for Fort Lauderdale streetcar project    

http://www.sun-senti...0423-story.html

[KevinKorell]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Fort Lauderdale City Commission voted Tuesday night to end its support for the Wave streetcar project, Local 10 ABC News reported.

The Wave Streetcar is a 2.8-mile hybrid, fixed-rail system that would run in existing street lanes with other vehicles.

Opponents have called the $195 million project, which has been slated for more than a decade, outdated and a "train to nowhere,"according to the report.

For the full story, click here.

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[KevinKorell]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 5/1/18:

 

Fort Lauderdale pulls out of Wave streetcar project

 

 

The city of Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday walked away from more than 14 years of support for a new streetcar system downtown, voting 3-2 to withdraw from the controversial Wave project.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

South Florida Reporter, 5/5/18:

 

 

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Ft Laud Mayor Dean Trantalis Takes Fight Against Streetcar To The County

 

 

 

Broward County Commissioners must know what is going on outside the windows of their offices in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

They must know that voters in the past election demanded a change in City Hall.

 

​This is the latest.

[KevinKorell]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 5/8/18:

 

Broward follows Fort Lauderdale to end Wave streetcar project

 

The end of the line came for downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Wave streetcar project Tuesday, when Broward commissioners followed Fort Lauderdale’s lead and voted to kill the 2.8-mile downtown transportation project that was a city priority for 14 years and had $135 million in federal and state support.

 

 

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