North light rail's price hits $900 million

Wow. For those of you in Charlotte, NC... I just ran across this article the CLT Observer stating the cost of the planned Blue Line Extension to UCITY will now cost up to $900MM! The cost have been revised upward from $750MM I believe. This is a big problem b/c in the article the new head of CATS mentions yet again that the line may not be built even though UCITY is one of the biggest population centers in the city. Last year, it seemed more and more likely this line would be built as some federal funding was in place.

I would think a project like this would be a perfect place to spend stimulus dollars at the federal gov't level in order to spur targeted economic development. But then again, what do I know.