President Obama designates $75 million to Tempe streetcar project

Tempe Streetcar

By Mike Sackley | KTAR

Tempe Streetcar
A map of the proposed Tempe Streetcar route. (Valley Metro Photo)

President Barack Obama has included the Tempe streetcar project in his budget for fiscal year 2017.

If approved it would mean $75 million for the project. The proposed streetcar system would connect riders from Marina Heights on Rio Salado Parkway, down Mill Avenue and all the way to the Apache and Dorsey light rail station. Two of the stops on Mill Avenue are close to Sun Devil Stadium and Wells Fargo Arena.

“That alone is going to help move people in and around,” said Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell. “It connects to light rail to really move people throughout the region.”

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