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With $5 million already committed by the city, Councilman and streetcar proponent Jose Huizar has found another $1 million to help lay the foundation for a downtown streetcar operating a 3.4 mile route in what he hopes is by 2014. After finding out that the Upper 2nd Street project was completed $1 million under budget, reports Eric Richardson of blogdownown, Huizar wants to slide that money over to the streetcar, which is estimated to cost $90 million in total with up to 50% of the project's funds coming from the private sector. It's a small step, but every dollars counts on this one.
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hooray for public transportation in Los Angeles! I'm waiting with bated breath for the 405 tram and Santa Monica Blvd. tram. We'll be waiting a very, very long time...
they should of never taken the tracks out in the first place.
idiots. the whole lot of 'em.
f the streetcar
f the subway
where is the monorail???
What a novel concept. If you can finish your work under budget, that money gets used for other important and positive things that will create revenue growth for the city. Brilliant! Hell, the managers/contractors who finished under budget should be given more responsibility and more work from the city. We should keep a list of contractors who consistently work under budget, and those that perform their jobs less well, and discriminate during bidding time.