In a statement, Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff called the project a smart investment that will serve as a win-win situation for area residents and Utah’s energy future.
"Over the next twenty years, this federal investment in the Sugar House Streetcar project is anticipated to save more than 1 million gallons of fuel and reduce carbon emissions by 26,000 tons," Rogoff said.
By late 2013, modern streetcars will run along a new two-mile stretch of rail that will connect South Salt Lake’s old warehouse district near the Central Pointe TRAX light rail station to the thriving commercial hub in Sugar House.
To make way for the new line, a large backhoe went to work lifting out the remains of old abandoned rails that once served the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Salt Lake Tribune
