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Atlanta Beltline, MARTA moving forward with rail expansion
Recent opposition has not prompted any significant reconsideration of plans to add light rail along the Beltline, leaders say.
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The group is open to feedback about what rail on the Beltline looks like, but whether there’s rail at all is not really up for debate, Green said.
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Alongside MARTA’s streetcar design work, the Beltline is using $2.8 million in federal grants and $700,000 of its own money to help study how transit could fit into the northwest section of the trail, essentially between the Bankhead and Lindbergh MARTA stations. Unlike the eastern portion of the trail, there’s no pre-existing rail corridor on the western side to guide where transit might go.
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