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LONGMONT – — Faced with what it called a trio of bad FasTracks options, the council held its nose to choose one — in one case, literally.
“I make the motion for Option 2,” Councilwoman Sarah Levison said through a pinched nose, to laughter from the council chamber.
With a tax increase by the Regional Transportation District, that would build out the Northwest Rail Corridor by 2024, delaying other projects by six months so that the area can have bus service in the interim. The other two options were to build out the rail corridor without the interim service — something other area communities had said they were against — or to throw out rail service in favor of “bus rapid transit.”
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