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[KevinKorell]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 5/10/18:

 

 

The Wave is dead: $33.7 million later, no streetcars for Fort Lauderdale

 

 

Fort Lauderdale’s Wave streetcar project is dead.

 

The state snuffed out the last flicker of hope Thursday for the proposed 2.8-mile Wave downtown rail line when it rejected the most recent construction bids because the prices were too high.

 

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[KevinKorell]

The Real Deal, 5/26/18:

 

 

Canceled Fort Lauderdale streetcar system disappoints but doesn’t derail developers

 

 

Cancellation of a streetcar system in Fort Lauderdale disappointed developers but hasn’t derailed real estate developments along the route of the discarded system.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL,  7/6/18:

 

 

With the Wave streetcar dead, how about one-way streets?

 

 

A new proposal for a mass transit loop in downtown Fort Lauderdale is rising from the ashes of the failed Wave streetcar project. It costs less, runs without overhead wires, requires no embedded rails and doesn’t have to share a lane with traffic.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2/4/19:

 

 

  For Fort Lauderdale residents who paid into the Wave streetcar project, refunds are coming 

 

 

This spring, as winter slips away and flowers bloom, some Fort Lauderdaleresidents will be looking forward to a different kind of green.

 

 

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