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Originally Posted by Julien
I understand the romance of the rails. Just looking at practicality. For the price of the small section on the East side MARTA could likely encircle the entire Beltline for less money. Also there MAY be a smaller amount of NIMBY because of less noise. Plus the lower noise would be more peaceful for people on the Beltline.
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I’m no fan of extending the streetcar along the Beltline, but I really can’t figure out what you’re saying here. Any MARTA HRT extension would be dramatically more expensive than the east side streetcar project. Except, perhaps, adding a station onto the north end of the Gold Line or something like that.
I expect each infill station to run well north of $100 million.