Nc Light Rail Triangle

In addition to the obvious financial reasons to oppose wildly expensive and inefficient light rail the durham orange line is projected to cost more than ten times more than a four lane highway while moving roughly about 7 percent as many passengers there remains one simple truth.

Nc light rail triangle. Research triangle park nc march 27 2019 the gotriangle board of trustees voted unanimously today to recommend that the cost sharing partners in durham and orange counties and the durham chapel hill carrboro metropolitan planning organization discontinue the light rail project. Transit plans in wake and durham counties include a commuter rail project that would run at least 37 miles along the north carolina railroad company corridor between garner and west durham stopping at downtown raleigh n c. State cary morrisville and research triangle park along the way. The board acted on the recommendation of gotriangle president and ceo jeff mann who read.

Commuter rail in the triangle. A durham retail mixed use destination south of the city may soon be home to a massive apartment project made possible by last year s cancellation of a failed light rail project in durham and. In february duke proposed that gotriangle and the state of north carolina indemnify duke against any liability directly or indirectly related to the light rail project and secure a 2 billion. Light rail will cost another 28 5 million through 2020 months after failure of durham light rail gotriangle chief to step down estimated cost for failed durham orange light rail line nears 159m.

The light rail project has been considered the spine of durham and orange counties transit plans since durham voters in 2011 and orange voters in 2012 approved a half cent sales tax to invest in. More than a year after suspending the long planned durham orange light rail transit project the regional transit authority has a new plan and it puts buses front and center. The triangle adds more than 80 residents a day making it one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Very few americans use public transit especially light rail.