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ERA Southwest Convention, Pheonix, Tuscon, El Paso, August 31 - September 3

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, May 3, 2019 9:36 PM

This could be right interesting in an unexpected way: In August - just before this convention - Phoenix is going to have a referendum on whether any more money from a special sales tax for transportation is going to be spent on the light rail system.  A "No" vote will have the effect of stopping future expansion.  An unknown will be the effect on the 5-mile South Central expansion - engineering is well underway and a construction manaager/ prime contractor was already selected 2 years ago.  Aborting it now would mean a loss of federal funding, and likely claims for the incomplete work, lost profits, etc.  There are several sources of the opposition, from community groups who don't like losing 2 lanes of the 4 of Central Ave. to those who fear gentrification to possibly anti-transit organizations sponsored by the Koch brothers.  We'll just have to see how that turns out . . . 

- PDN.  

"This Fascinating Railroad Business" (title of 1943 book by Robert Selph Henry of the AAR)
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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, May 2, 2019 5:14 AM

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ERA Southwest Convention, Pheonix, Tuscon, El Paso, August 31 - September 3
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