KC voters deal blow to streetcar expansion, reject Chastain plan
Kansas City voters dealt a blow to streetcar expansion Tuesday, narrowly endorsing a measure that prohibits city participation in the project.
In unofficial final results, Kansas City residents voted 51 percent to 49 percent in support of a petition initiative from streetcar opponents. The vote was 17,344 to 16,492 in favor of reining in the city’s participation.
Voters south of the Missouri River would have allowed the expansion to go forward, but Northland voters gave the petition opposing expansion the edge.
The petition, Question 1 on the Kansas City ballot, prohibits Kansas City municipal government from planning or implementing any fixed rail transit system without citywide approval.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/kc-streetcar/article166187912.html
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