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The Wave (streetcar)

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Auditor John Herbst. The final bill will be higher and does not include money spent by the city and its Downtown Development Authority to develop the project... $ 9.4 million came from the federal government, $ 11.1 million from the state and $ 8.7 million from the city and its downtown authority,
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The electric streetcar system was estimated to cost $ 125 million, and was being planned for the downtown. Construction funding would have come from federal ($ 62.5 million), state ($ 37 million) and city taxpayers ($ 10.5 million), with approximately $ 15 million from assessments on properties
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Over $ 33.7 million taxpayer dollars were spent on The Wave prior to its cancellation: "project managers... spent $ 33.7 million in federal, state and local tax dollars and assessments planning for the rail system, according to figures compiled through March 31 by
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would have owned and operated the line. Ridership was anticipated from the downtown bus terminal, hospitals, courthouses, tourists, residents and office workers. The line would have connected with the
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In July 2013, the Fort Lauderdale city commissioners approved a tax on downtown property owners, providing the final part of funding needed for the project's construction to begin.
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for five streetcars for the Wave, at a total cost of $ 31.4 million, including a supply of spare parts. They would have been a version of Siemens'
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and another $ 4.2 million from the regional transportation authority. Broward’s spent share, according to Herbst, is only about $ 550,000 so far."
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with a length that had been reported variously as either 83.3 feet (25.4 m) or 79 feet (24.1 m).
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In late 2017, the project was again put on hold after all the high construction bids were rejected.
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City Commissioners voted 3-2 to withdraw from the Wave streetcar project, thus ending the project.
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The first phase included a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) downtown loop.
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Barszewski, Larry; Wallman, Brittany (February 16, 2016).
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Barszewski, Larry; Wallman, Brittany (May 10, 2018).
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Broward County
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Streetcar
Broward County Transit
low-floor streetcars
Track gauge
Legend
Central Terminal
Brightline
Brightline
New River
view
talk
edit
streetcar
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Broward County
Sun Trolley
Las Olas Boulevard
Tri-Rail
Fort Lauderdale Airport
Broward County Transit
drawbridge
Siemens
S70 model
Dean Trantalis
Steve Glassman
Ben Sorensen

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