By Tyler Dukes, Investigative Reporter, and Sarah Krueger, Reporter, WRAL; May 28, 2019
Raleigh, N.C. — Although it was abandoned earlier this year, months before construction was even scheduled to begin, the now defunct Durham-Orange Light Rail project is expected to cost North Carolina taxpayers more than $158 million before it’s officially closed out in 2020.
GoTriangle’s Board of Trustees stopped work on the project at the end of March after the transit organization failed to secure land donations, private funding and cooperative agreements from key partners, including Duke University, ahead of a legislative deadline.