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By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune
Published: January 31, 2011
TAMPA - Officials today celebrated the grand opening of the $5.3 million extension of the TECO Streetcar Line from Channelside to a business district station on Whiting Street with a call for further expansion of transit.
The one-third mile extension that opened in late December extends the streetcar line to 2.7 miles from its eastern terminus in Ybor City and provides a closer link to downtown activity.
Local officials expect once downtown employees and visitors become better aware of the extension, it will generate more ridership to Channelside and Ybor City restaurant and entertainment venues and enhance the city's competitive position to draw conferences and conventions.
"We can't stop here," U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa said, calling for an extension of the streetcar line to the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, the Childrens' Museum and to the proposed high-speed rail station.
Full story here: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/31/311441/tampa-streetcar-line-opens-new-station/news-breaking/
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