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Originally published Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM

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Seattle City Council OKs new streetcar line

Another streetcar line is headed for Seattle.

The Associated Press

SEATTLE —

Another streetcar line is headed for Seattle.

The Seattle City Council this week approved a deal with Sound Transit for a line to connect the downtown transit tunnel from the International District to the light rail station at Capitol Hill, which is now under construction.

The Daily Journal of Commerce reports Sound Transit will pay the city $120 million to build the line plus about $5 million a year to operate it.

Sound Transit spokesman Bruce Gray says the First Hill Streetcar Connector compensates for dropping plans for a light rail stop on First Hill.

The streetcar line will be funded by the $18 billion package regional voters approved last November.

The city's south Lake Union streetcar line opened in December 2007.

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Information from: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, http://www.djc.com/

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pfgeorge: READ THE ARTICLE before making comments on it. "The streetcar line will be funded by the $18 billion package regional voters...  Posted on October 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM by charth. Jump to comment
We have the SLUT - named later the SLUS - sorry too late it's still the SLUT to everyone here... Is this one going to be tagged as the...  Posted on October 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM by Near or Far's 787. Jump to comment
Do the voters get any say in this?  Posted on October 7, 2009 at 4:24 PM by pfgeorge. Jump to comment

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