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April 29, 2008

Freep declares: "All aboveboard on light-rail plans!"

Working together. That's what the editorial board at the Detroit Free Press is advocating in regards to the two light rail plans for the Woodward corridor. The hope is that if the two parties behind the plans (one private and one public) work together, they will bring about the much-needed mass transit line and the much-needed investment and jobs that will follow it.

Excerpt:

Private developers who want to build a light-rail line on Woodward in Detroit might hold the key to this region's first real step toward a mass transit system. To make the most of this opportunity, however, investors must come forward -- now.

Read the rest of this Detroit Free Press story here.

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