Wednesday, June 6, 2012

$526M Metrorail extension to get under way - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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The project will result in 2,200 direct as well as 9,700 more indirect and jobs, a Miami-Dade Transit official said. The extension will reach the airport at the Miami IntermodalCentetr – a facility designed to link busses, a rentak car outlet, Tri-Rail, and Metrorail – whichh is under construction. Metrorail has no direct connectiohn tothe airport. “The MIC-Earlington Heights connector is the most importantgexpansion we’ve done on Metroraip in 25 years,” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarea said in a statement. “I is also an important first step in an expanded Metroraill system that we hope to extend as financingbecomea available.
” The county has sketche plans to add, in phases, 19.5 to 22.5 more mile to the system, depending on The project is expected to be complete in 2012. The bulk of the fundinv will come from the halfpenny tax for transportatio that county voters approveedin 2002, with the contributing $100 , transportation officials broke ground on the MIA a $342 million light-rail system when completed, will connect the airportr with the MIC.

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