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Originally Posted by colemonkee
So I've been talking to Metro about the Downtown Connector (I live on 2nd Street so it's going to go right by my building) and they're telling us that utility relocation (which will take 6 months, or probably more) may start as early as July of this year. While the construction phase of this will be trying for our building I can't wait for this project to open. It's going to do so much for development in the area, specifically some of those surface lots on Broadway between 2nd and 3rd.
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What's more relevant is talking to Metro about 1) the status of the litigation with Thomas Properties as this can potentially affect the construction schedule and 2) funding. Measure R only provides $160 million of the $1.2 billion connector. The rest is expected to come from the FTA, however, only $30 million was awarded to the Connector thus far from the FTA. Where's the funding coming from?
Before people get too excited about a projec, you need to ensure the litigation and funding is resolved. Both of these are open items with the Connector. So don't expect much in July until either of those are resolved.
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