Charlotte, NC — Full Funding OKd

Rail Transit Online – June 2005

A Full Funding Grant Agreement for Charlotte’s 9.6-mi. (15.4 km) South Corridor LRT line was signed on May 6 by Federal Transit Administration Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn.  The deal releases $193 million in federal funds for the $427-million project, which is scheduled to open in April 2007.  The announcement was made at the future LRV maintenance facility, where Mayor Pat McCrory ceremonially hammered home a golden spike.  “Charlotte will join the growing number of communities — from Seattle to Phoenix to Washington, D.C. — pursuing a new American dream shaped by an expanding transit network of light rail lines, subways, commuter rail and buses running in dedicated lanes,” said Dorn, who attended the event.  “Charlotte is in the vanguard of communities that understand how robust transit investment, combined with smart land use planning, can fuel business and housing development.”