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City gets federal funds for mall trolley project

Published Monday, October 9, 2000

The city is one step closer to having trolleys return to its streets.

Congress will give New Haven $1 million next year to help the city develop an electric trolley system to connect the planned Galleria at Long Wharf mall with downtown and West Haven. The city expects mall construction to begin next year.

The appropriation was part of $7.2 million in transportation-project funding federal legislators secured for the city Friday. In addition to the trolley project, the 2001 spending bill allocates $3.2 million for the replacement of the Q-Bridge and $3 million for a project...

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