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Charlotte s proposed $8 to $12 billion transit plan would build a new light rail line from Matthews to the airport.
The City Council on Monday night discussed an ambitious transportation plan that could cost between $8 and $12 billion – and members asked whether it makes sense to ask voters in November to approve a new sales tax to pay for it.
This plan would be a sequel to the city’s original transit plan, which was approved 22 years ago. That’s when county voters approved a half-cent sales tax to build light rail and transit across the county. But that money is gone and the transit plan isn’t finished.