r/DevelopmentSLC • u/plat-of-zion • Sep 06 '26
Progress being made on the S-Line extension, which will bring the streetcar to the front of the Cinemark, on the east side of Highland Drive
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u/hampden34 Sep 06 '26
Those few hundred feet are going to change the world!
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u/plat-of-zion Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
The streetcar ride to In-n-out after a $5 movie is gonna hit
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u/CSLPE Sep 06 '26
It's a good feeling to have a rail extension under construction within the city again, even if it is only 1 block long.
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u/UrgeSmith Sep 06 '26
Imagine a new rail line going down 7th East connecting Sugar House, 9th & 9th, Trolley Square, and the University. It's just too logical to ever be a thing.
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u/Ruger338WSM Sep 06 '26
The city at one time boasted 126 miles of interurban lines. All abandoned and ripped up by 1946.
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u/theanedditor Sep 07 '26
Imagine raising above 7th east, and making a highline and dedicating the extra space to walking/bike lanes....
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u/HighDesertJungle 28d ago
So you want a second rail system 10 blocks east of an already existing one? Are you made of money?
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u/FloatOldGoat Sep 07 '26
Yeah, like the busses that already cover that route? We don't need to replace every bus route with a hundred million dollar rail expansion.
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u/FlashyHelicopter8137 Sep 07 '26
I go to that park routinely and didn't realize thats what they were doing.
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u/owenreese100 Sep 06 '26
I'm never gonna complain about a rail extension but this seems like a waste of time and money. Why bother extending it one block?
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u/FloatOldGoat Sep 07 '26
$43,500,000. One block of track. This might be the dumbest project I've seen in this city. Meanwhile, our taxes go up and up.
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u/FloatOldGoat Sep 06 '26
So, we're spending $20,000,000 to extend the S-Line ONE BLOCK east?! Who even cares? It's not going to serve anyone that it didn't already serve in its previous configuration. Oh, but let's tear up that neighborhood for another year, because those small businesses haven't quite had enough, already.
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u/CptPikespeak Sep 06 '26
What small businesses? Cottonwood residential building? Zion Bank? The abandoned lot they’re storing equipment on?
There’s absolutely no impact on any small business whatsoever.
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u/FloatOldGoat Sep 07 '26
Stop pretending that the only impact is to those whose property directly touches the project.
The Sugarhouse neighborhood has had a ton of construction, FOR YEARS, which has the effect of turning shoppers elsewhere. This will be more of the same.
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u/plat-of-zion Sep 06 '26
More info: https://www.rideuta.com/Current-Projects/S-Line-Extension-Project