By Maria Polletta | The Republic | azcentral.com
After more than a year of legal challenges, Mesa has secured the final go-ahead to implement an innovative financing plan for a future 1.9-mile light-rail extension.
After more than a year of legal challenges that reached Arizona’s highest court, Mesa has the final go-ahead to implement a creative financing plan that would eventually take light rail to Gilbert Road.
Joe Price, an outspoken critic of light rail along Mesa’s Main Street, has been fighting the city on the plan since 2013, when he sued to halt the extension. Price argued Mesa should be focusing on improving existing roadways, building freeways and enhancing bus service instead of expanding light rail, contending the funding plan for the $162 million extension required a public vote.
