[EDITORIAL] Down the track to 2017 on the Mesa train

Transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced in October the federal government will provide Valley Metro with $75 million to extend Mesa’s light rail 3.1 miles through downtown Mesa by 2016. / Image from Cronkite News video

The Arizona Republic

Trading a couple of road projects in the eastern fringes of Mesa — plus a few smaller transportation ideas — for 2 more miles of light rail is a wise idea.

That’s what Mesa leaders have done in securing the funding that will extend light rail to Gilbert Road. If all goes as scheduled, service to this new end of the line will start in five years, in late 2017.

This is big for the Valley’s entire transit system.

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