Plans
In May 2006, the Regional Transportation Plan was adopted by a vote of almost 60% in favor. This election also passed a 20-year, 1/2-cent sales tax to finance the transportation improvements. Among the items in the plan was $75 million for the Sun Link modern streetcar system which will follow the alignment of the Old Pueblo Line with extensions west through downtown to the Mercado District and north-east through the University of Arizona campus to the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The approved funds are a match to an equal amount of Federal Transit Administration funding. The new system will be double-tracked, replacing the original OPT single track. A maintenance facility will be located just west of the present OPT car barn and yard on 9th Street west of 4th Avenue.
Old Pueblo Trolley suspended operations in October 2011. Construction of the new system began in April 2012 and will continue until late 2013, when it is hoped that historic trolley operation will resume on weekends and for special events.
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