Durham and Orange County Boards of Commissioners cast final votes to discontinue light rail
Research Triangle Park, NC (April 9, 2019) – Following the votes of the GoTriangle Board of Trustees on March 27 and the Orange County Board of Commissioners on April 2, the Durham County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to discontinue Durham and Orange counties’ light-rail project, effectively ending the project.
Local leaders, with input from community members, now will identify, develop and implement new transit plans that use the investment from the half-cent transit-designated sales tax that voters in each county approved.