A Light-Rail Project Hits a Higher-Ed Roadblock

Route Fifty: Duke University this week declined to sign a cooperative agreement for a planned light-rail project, jeopardizing federal funding and forcing local officials to explore other options, including seizing land by eminent domain.

In a letter dated Feb. 27, Duke officials told the president of GoTriangle transit agency that the university continued to have concerns despite a lengthy and collaborative planning process on the proposed project.

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