When the town of Cary purchased two trolley cars only to find out they didn’t meet federal accessibility standards, Mayor Harold Weinbrecht in 2023 wrote on his blog that they were sent back.
The town had spent $539,896 to purchase the vehicles from Specialty Vehicles and at least three town staff members had visited Wisconsin to inspect and test ride them before they arrived.
But the trolleys — which are really bus-like vehicles designed to look like old-fashioned streetcars — were not sent back to the seller, the town made public this fall…