SALT LAKE CITY -
The U.S. Transportation Department has announced that the Utah Transit Authority will get $90.9 Million in stimulus funds for a light-rail project. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood made the announcement Thursday. The money will go toward the Mid-Jordan Light-Rail Project, a 10.6-mile line that is expected to open by December 2011. When complete, the project will include nine stations, more than 3,000 park-and-ride spaces and 28 transit vehicles.
The line will join with UTA's Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX line.
The Federal Transit Administration already was going to provide more than $428 million of the project's $535 million price tag. The stimulus money isn't in addition to those federal funds, but now federal money will come sooner.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The line will join with UTA's Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX line.
The Federal Transit Administration already was going to provide more than $428 million of the project's $535 million price tag. The stimulus money isn't in addition to those federal funds, but now federal money will come sooner.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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