By Ellena Whitfield | Downtown Devil
Phoenix residents met Thursday evening for the first of several neighborhood outreach meetings to discuss the city’s contentious plan to extend the Valley Metro light rail to South Central Phoenix.
The meeting, held at the Audubon Center, followed recent controversy over the proposed extension, which would add several miles to the track, from Central Avenue and Jefferson Street to Central Avenue and Baseline Road.
The extension has raised concerns among some Phoenix residents and business owners because of the possibility of traffic buildup on Central Avenue, as the light rail expansion calls for reducing Central Avenue from four traffic lanes to two.
