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I opposed the Light Rail beacuse it doesn't GO anywhere that's going to


help reduce traffic. If Norfolk extends it up to the Navy Base and builds a spur up to the airport, then I'll support extending it into Virginia Beach. But there's just no incentive to spend that kind of money so we can go downtown. I mean, my office is across the street from the End Of The Line on Newtown Road. I've ridden the light rail TWICE. It's good for going to a Tides game or an Ads game, but other than that, traffic's just as bad as it ever was.

There's a lot of potential in The Tide, but Norfolk needs to make it accessible for more of its own people before asking us to extend it into our town. I'd love to see it go from Downtown to the Navy Base and then out to Little Creek with a connection running from Little Creek to the Airport and on down to Military Circle, then from Little Creek down to Town Center and on to Lynnhaven Mall, while the existing line gets extended to the Oceanfront. But that's a LONG way off. The main argument for extending it right now is to reduce traffic. Well, when I see people are riding it every day and there are full trains leaving the and arriving during rush hour, I'll believe it works. But right now, it's empty 95% of the time.

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Posted: 03/16/2018 at 1:36PM



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