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[KevinKorell]

WRAL-TV, Channel 5 in Raleigh, NC, 5/28/19:

 

  Estimated cost for failed Durham-Orange light rail line nears $159M 

 

 

Although it was abandoned earlier this year, months before construction was even scheduled to begin, the now defunct Durham-Orange Light Rail project is expected to cost North Carolina taxpayers more than $158 million before it's officially closed out in 2020.

 

 

This is the latest.

[KevinKorell]

Duke University Chronicle, 6/26/19:

 

  GoTriangle president to leave agency after failed Durham light rail project  

 

 

Jeff Mann, GoTriangle president and CEO, will step down from his position this summer after overseeing the failed light rail project in Durham.

 

Story

[KevinKorell]

WRAL-TV, Channel 5 in Raleigh, NC, 11/8/19:

 

 

New report critical of GoTriangle for failure of Durham light rail project 

 

 

 

After plans for a Durham-Orange County light rail project collapsed in March of this year, GoTriangle’s then-CEO Jeff Mann asked an outside agency to look into what went wrong.

 

 

Details

[KevinKorell]

Raleigh, NC News-Observer, 3/11/22:

 

 

 

   ‘What happened to the $167M?’ Durham wants Light Rail transparency before Commuter Rail 

 

 

 

City, county and regional transportation leaders gave the Durham City Council an update on the planned Triangle Commuter Rail project Thursday.

 

Story is here.

 

Cross-posted in Rail Transit and Commuter Trains forums as it deals with both the dead light rail line and the now planned commuter rail.

[KevinKorell]

WRAL-TV, Channel 5 in Raleigh, NC,  5/2/22:

 

 

    GoTriangle report details spending of $157 million on failed Durham-Orange light rail  

 

 

The Durham County Commission heard from GoTriangle leaders on Monday afternoon about why it cost $157,043,612 for the now-defunct Durham-Orange Light Rail project.

 

 

Here is that story.