Proposed Lynx Red Line may finally happen

A proposal to build a new LYNX Light Rail line from Uptown Charlotte to Mooresville is coming back to life after stalling out in previous years.

City leaders voted Monday night to pay a contractor $5 million to update the Red Line design to account for growth and change in the area. The light rail has stops in Huntersville, Davidson, and Cornelius.

"We had done work on the Red Line and then we got stuck in discussions about whether or not we’d be able to use it and it's been a sticking point for us for all that time and in the meantime, so much had changed that we did need to update the work that had been done previously," Councilman Ed Driggs explained to WCNC Charlotte. Driggs is chair of city council's transportation committee.

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