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Viaduct
$13.6 million
Viaduct construction between Harbor Park and Norfolk State University. Includes a 3,400-foot elevated structure and relocation of Holt Street.
Status: 96.7 percent complete
East end track
$40.9 million
Norfolk Southern right of way between Norfolk State and Newtown Road. Bridges over Broad Creek and Norfolk Southern tracks.
Status: 70.5 percent complete
Electrical work
$27.7 million
The work includes poles, overhead wires, substations and grade crossings and gates.
Status: 44.3 percent complete
Demolition
$1.5 million
Asbestos abatement and demolition of Kirn Memorial Library and other structures.
Status: 93.2 percent complete
What's next: Shop and storage yard. Light-rail stations. Park and ride lots. $288 million project
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ah solutions abound
Now all the teens that can't hang out at Mall they can ride the Tide back and forth to Newtown Road.
Looking Forward to the Completion!
We downtown residents can't wait for the finish. With all of the other projects finally nearing completion, the Light Rail project's completion will be icing on the cake. It has been a rough two years! We hope the city leaders appreciate our sacrifices through this period of heavy equipment, dirt, noise and closed streets.
Downtown residents should be given free passes on the Tide for the first 30 days of operation as a 'thank you.'
Progress report of wasted tax dollars
Progress report:
$13.6 million spent
$40.9 million spent
$27.7 million spent
$1.5 million spent
Total spent: 83.7 million dollars
If you think this is Tax dollars spent wisely then keep voting for these idiots.
Looking Good!
Norfolk made a smart move on this project.
More jam ups
So, when this thing is finished, all those Downtown drivers sitting in bumper-to-bumper, creep-along, 32-minutes-to-get-from-Boush-Street-to-St.-Pauls-by-way-of-City-Hall-Avenue traffic now will have to stop to watch empty train cars go by in addition to the stoplights, parking garage outpours, and road construction. An elevated system - such as a monorail ala Walt Disney World - would not only avoid additional traffic tie-ups with rail crossings, but would also become a "tourist attraction" in and of itself; plus, it would cost less, have the power lines along the rail, and use far less concrete than the current "roller coaster" being built.
Are you sure about that...
How would an elevated system cost less and use less concrete? I agree that an elevated system would be ideal it would cost more. That's the main reason it crosses at grade at many intersections. Also, it would use more concrete and steel in the spans to support the tracks and the columns going into the ground.