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House Budget Clears Path for Durham-Orange Light Rail

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 19, 2016 | Featured, State Government

As part of the $22 billion budget proposal that has made its way through the North Carolina House, the cap on light rail spending that was put in place at the end of the long legislative session last year has been removed. The...

Durham – Orange Light Rail Could See New Life

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 11, 2016 | Featured, State Government

Based off of discussion in a House Transportation Committee meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers are still unsure how or why a $500,000 spending cap on light rail projects was included in the budget at the end of an...

Different Views Remain on Light Rail Project

Posted by Staff | Apr 27, 2016 | Community Forum, Featured

Construction on the Durham-Orange Light Rail won’t start until 2019, and service isn’t expected to begin until 2025, but it’s already a contentious issue. Transit officials and community members discussed the development of the...

Progress on Durham Orange Light Rail Project

Posted by Staff | Feb 18, 2016 | Development, Featured

The Durham-Orange Light Rail Project is moving forward after the federal government completed its environmental review. The Final Environmental Impact Statement was approved by the Federal Transit Authority on February 11. That...

Estes Drive, Light Rail, BRT On Town Transportation Agenda

Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 2, 2016 | Featured, Traffic

Come discuss the future of transportation in Chapel Hill.

What’s Left After the General Assembly Went Home

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 1, 2015 | State Government

The North Carolina General Assembly has wrapped up one of the longest legislative sessions in recent memory. Municipalities’ ability to make decisions specifically impacting their communities, public school funding being...

House Votes to Remove Light Rail Spending Cap

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 28, 2015 | Featured, State Government

***UPDATE: The North Carolina House voted on Monday night to remove the spending cap that was initially placed on light rail spending in the state budget signed earlier this month. The state Senate is expected to vote on the...

GoTriangle ‘Still Evaluating’ NCGA’s Light Rail Spending Cap

Posted by Staff | Sep 17, 2015 | Featured, State

Despite a state budget provision that would cut nearly a quarter of the funding for a Durham to Orange light rail line, the head of GoTriangle says he’s not ready to give up on the project.

Light Rail Project Clears Hurdle

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 26, 2015 | Development, Featured

The light rail project connecting Chapel Hill and Durham has cleared a major hurdle. Natalie Murdock is the spokesperson on the project for GoTriangle. She says the Federal Transit Administration signed off on the Draft...

Lavelle, Other Electeds Tour Future Light Rail Line

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 3, 2015 | Local Government

The light-rail line connecting Durham and Chapel Hill is still more than a decade away from becoming a reality – but planners are already hammering out the details about the specific path that line will trace, and...

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