Commuter Rail - Garner to West Durham

[keita]

Not to sound like a broken record player here, but I’m getting vibes that GoTriangle is trying to bite off more than they can chew, again, with their project scope…

It turns out they’re actually taking that idea to extend commuter rail from Durham/Garner to Hillsborough and/or Selma pretty seriously. Maybe a bit too seriously, too early, as staff have pointed out.

@from the report

Although the Wake Transit Plan and current Durham County Transit Plan include funding [for a Durham-Garner commuter rail], the timelines for those funds are not in alignment[.]

[As of now,] local funding for [extending the commuter rail project] into Orange and/or Johnston counties have not been identified.

@from p.26

To begin project implementation, we must have a clear definition of the physical project agreed upon by the funding partners, whether that is West Durham to Garner, Mebane to Selma, or some other set of limits.

Full report here; commuter rail-related updates are on page 25-26.