Main street extension for KC Streetcar reaches track completion
Published: Nov. 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM CST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - More than two-and-a-half years of streetcar construction on the Main Street Extension has reached completion.
The KC Streetcar Constructors announced Monday that 36,785 feet of rail was added to the 3.5-mile extension ranging from Union Station to UMKC.
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Completion of the project now has project partners, city officials and the public set up for a celebratory event. The KC Streetcar Constructors said an event will be held Monday, Dec. 2 on the east side of the future Plaza Transit Center near the intersection of Main Street and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard.
With the Main Street Extension complete, the next step for expansion of the KC Streetcar could come north of the river.
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