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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge has been awarded a $1.8 million federal transportation grant to study plans to develop a high-capacity transit system along Nicholson Drive to better connect LSU and downtown.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1nKXK9B ) the money is being allocated from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, Grant Program.
There has been discussion about developing a streetcar line between LSU and downtown, because of all the large-scale construction projects either underway or slated to begin.
John Fregonese, the planner who is helping to implement the FutureBR land-use plan, has said a 7.38-mile streetcar line running from the State Capitol to Tiger Stadium would be feasible, could be built without rebuilding roads.
Mayor-President Kip Holden and LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander said the grant will benefit LSU and downtown.
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