The Metro Council’s failure to approve a massive zoning overhaul for Midtown Tuesday hampered the city’s ability to land federal funds over the next year for a new bus rapid transit line along Broadway-West End, Metro planning officials say.
“I think it reduces our chances of getting the federal grant approved,” Doug Sloan, assistant executive director of the Metro Planning Department, told reporters Tuesday, referring to a crucial U.S. Federal Transit Administration grant that could cover up to $75 million of the BRT project’s $174 million price tag.
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