03/17/07
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Real Estate
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Lillian Wong @ 11:08 am
Phoenix city leaders have decided to build an initial three miles, not the full 4.6 miles, of the first light-rail extension. It’s the second time in as many years that plans for the northwest line have shifted. Two years ago, the Phoenix City Council opted against sending tracks across Interstate 17 into Metrocenter Mall. Instead, the line was to end at a business park on the east side of the freeway. The latest plan, ratified recently, would build the northwest extension in two phases. The first phase, a 3.2-mile line, would open on time in 2012 using $273 million in local funds, adjusted for inflation. Completing the extension would have to wait until after 2014 when federal money could be secured, and those plans could be altered. More…
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