KC Streetcar proposes route connecting downtown to 18th & Vine, at a cost of $175 million

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority is moving forward with its yearslong effort to build an east-to-west streetcar route connecting the Historic 18th & Vine jazz district to downtown.

Streetcar leaders told residents at a public meeting Tuesday that a proposed streetcar route along 18th Street, connecting The Paseo west to Main Street and the existing line, would cost $125-175 million to build.

Officials have yet to determine how the project’s capital and operating costs would be funded, and any such project is years away from becoming a reality…

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