From New light rail routes to improved bus service, the sales tax increase going into effect in July is supposed to fund it all. The board in charge of it is called the Metropolitan Public Transit Authority.
Community Activist Colette Forest with the Charlotte Black Voter Project is organizing a chance for the public to hear from the MPTA on what has been done since the vote narrowly passed in November. It’s Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Reeder Memorial Baptist Church.
“I hope to hear inspiration,” Forest said. “I hope to hear economic opportunity. I hope to hear safety and equitable distribution of the resources and the infrastructure as they’re building it.”…