COTA will spend another $10.5 million on engineering work for the proposed West Broad Street bus rapid transit line. Construction could begin in 2025.
A 2022 Ohio State University study showed that bus rapid transit lines helpedBiesterveld said the East Main rapid transit portion could begin seven months after work begins on the West Broad stretch.not to place a 0.5% sales tax hike on the November 2022 ballot
to raise $6 billion for bus rapid transit because of what one called"economic challenges" in the region. There are no plans yet to put it on a ballot. COTA began applying for $300 million in grants in 2022 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund both the West Broad and East Main proposed corridors.
At that time, according to Kim Sharp, COTA's senior director of development, the projected build out for each in 2022 dollars was $251 million for West Broad Street and $265 million for East Main Street. Now, the cost, in projected 2027 dollars, is estimated to be $334 million for West Broad Street and and $329 million for East Main Street, according to COTA spokesman Jeff Pullin.
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