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A decision on whether to revive the trolley system has been slow in coming since the storm immobilized it in 2008, even though about $4 million in federal money is available to do so. Another $6 million in federal funding tied to the trolley line would pay for bus stops, signs and permanent restrooms along the seawall, said John Carrara, senior vice president for the Goodman Corp., the city's transportation consultant.

 

The long wait has exasperated officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Transit Administration, according to a report by the Goodman Corp.

 

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Officials-ponder-return-of-Galveston-trolleys-5283038.php?cmpid=btfpm

 

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@Slick.Vik,

 

I think you're speaking of this:

 

 

More than six years after Hurricane Ike knocked Galveston's trolley line out of service, the city council voted Thursday to power up the streetcars in 2017 rather than repay millions of dollars to the federal government.

 

The council voted 5-1 to move forward with a plan to refurbish its trolley cars, built to resemble 1904 electric streetcars, and put them back into operation on a route connecting the historic downtown Strand area to the seawall and other island tourist destinations.

 

SOURCE: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/Galveston-council-votes-to-restore-trolley-service-6104326.php?t=195e1ade70&cmpid=twitter-premium

 

 

Otherwise, this is great news!!!

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