State panel votes to pull Cincinnati streetcar funds

The Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council voted today to eliminate $51.8 million in funding for Cincinnati's proposed streetcar project. The council voted 6-1 in favor of pulling the funding. Toni Selvey-Maddox, a Cincinnati representative on the TRAC board, voted to keep funding in place. The move follows a March staff report that recommended the agency withdraw that funding, which included a $15 million Cincinnati streetcar grant endorsed by TRAC in 2009, another $35 million that won preliminary approval in December and a...

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