President Barack Obama included, in his budget for next fiscal year, USD 125 million for the Orange County’s Streetcar project. Within the next two years, the FTA will consider a full-funding grant agreement, which finalizes the total project funding amount from the New Starts program.
The tramway project includes a 6.6 km route from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, through Downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center, along the Pacific-Electric right of way, and connect to a new multimodal transit hub at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove.
Up to six tramways are planned to run along the route, stopping every 10 minutes during peak hours at 10 stations in each direction.
On the current schedule, construction for the OC Streetcar would begin in late 2017, with service beginning in 2020.
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