'Major Funding Announcement' For Light Rail Expected Friday

Category: Breaking News Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013 08:17 Written by WWJ

DETROIT (WWJ) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is coming to Detroit on Friday to make “a major fundingannouncement” that is expected to involve plans for a light rail system between the city’s downtown and the cultural, medical and educational center a few miles north.

LaHood’s office said in a statement that Mayor Dave Bing, U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow and others will be at Wayne State University to reveal details of a plan “that will significantly expand transit options in downtown Detroit.”

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