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After several months of review, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) has selected a preferred alignment for the LYNX Blue Line light-rail extension.

The chosen alignment would run along North Carolina Railroad Co. (NCRR) right of way, a bridge over Sugar Creek Road and enter North Tryon Street, following the road to the University of North Carolina. The corridor would end just south of Interstate 485 at Tryon Street. CATS also studied an option that called for moving the alignment out of NCRR’s right of way.

While reviewing alignment options, CATS and the city of Charlotte’s Planning and Economic Development Department factored in cost, land use, economic development opportunities, and environmental and social impacts.