"Council delays $2M for streetcar plan" Business First of Columbus

Link: Council delays $2M for streetcar plan
Matt Burns
Business First of Columbus
May 6, 2008

A $2 million appropriation for design and engineering work on the proposed downtown streetcar line is still on the table, but it might be harder to find in the $1.1 billion capital improvement budget approved by Columbus City Council Monday night.

Responding to criticism of the $103 million streetcar plan, Mayor Michael Coleman asked that the $2 million earmark be delayed.

"Frankly, we are not ready to spend these resources," Coleman wrote in a memo to Council President Michael Mentel. "We have an obligation to further educate the public on this proposal's connection to a more comprehensive rail and transit plan citywide."...