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DOT set to study Red Hook trolley plans
By Benjamin Kabak
Brooklyn, once the borough of streetcars, may see a nostalgic return to its transit-rich past if House representative Nydia Velazquez has her way. After sitting on $300,000 Velazquez appropriated for the NYC DOT in 2005, the Department of Transportation has announced plans to use this money on a study examining light rail or streetcar service for the now-isolated Red Hook area. Even though DOT has yet to get the study off the ground, Velazquez has already requested a House transit bill the $10 million the project is estimated to cost, reports The Post.
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