Majority of Wake mayors support transit plan
Raleigh's Charles Meeker is pitching a plan that would expand bus routes and add light rail to ease travel among the county's 12 communities. Some of his peers are not convinced commuters would use it.
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Meeker favors funding the plan through a half-cent sales tax increase and higher vehicle registration fees. He has the support of eight other mayors in the county. Three are not sold on raising the $700 million to $800 million that light rail would require.
STAC co-chairman George Cianciolo said local funding has to be in place before the state or federal governments will step in. "The federal and state authorities want to see that the local people are committed and believe in it," he said.
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