CINCINNATI (AP) — Work on Cincinnati’s streetcar is set tobegin anew on Thursday with the delivery
of rail for the 3.6-mile line.Installation of the rail on the $133 million streetcar line will resume
Friday.Other work coming up will include rebar installation, and work on traffic signals, poles and water
mains.Thecontroversial streetcar project survived a vow by newly elected MayorJohn Cranley to derail it for
good because of the price tag.A 6-3 vote by the city council last week prevented him from doing
that.Thecouncil decided to move forward with the project after learning thatthe city already has spent $34
million on it and the costs to stop thestreetcar could have topped $80 million.The streetcar is set to be
finished in 2016.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.CINCINNATI (AP) — Work on Cincinnati’s streetcar is set
tobegin anew on Thursday with the delivery of rail for the 3.6-mile line.Installation of the rail on the
$133 million streetcar line will resume Friday.Other work coming up will include rebar installation, and
work on traffic signals, poles and water mains.Thecontroversial streetcar project survived a vow by newly
elected MayorJohn Cranley to derail it for good because of the price tag.A 6-3 vote by the city council last
week prevented him from doing that.Thecouncil decided to move forward with the project after learning
thatthe city already has spent $34 million on it and the costs to stop thestreetcar could have topped $80
million.The streetcar is set to be finished in 2016.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.