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The Right Track For Arizona

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
24 September 2004 - 12:00pm

Arizona's Proposition 400 will be decided by voters in November.

"Proposition 400, the 20-year sales-tax extension for regional transportation programs, will be decided by voters in the Nov. 2 election.

Valley mayors and businesses have lined up behind the regional plan that would generate $9 billion to fund freeways and supply $2.7 billion for a regional bus system.

Another $2.3 billionwould go toward light-rail expansion.

If the countywide tax, first approved in 1985 for freeway construction, is not extended, it will expire Dec. 31, 2005."

Full Story: He sees light rail stopped in tracks
Source: The Arizona Republic, September 23, 2004
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