Council Considers Light Rail Options
From the MainPlace/Santa Ana mall to the Artists Village, the City Council is looking at possible routes for a light rail system.
The city still must wait for an extensive study to be completed, but a majority of council members expressed a preference for a light rail system that would boost the city by stopping at major business and tourist areas.
Main Street, already a major north-south thoroughfare, was the principal choice. In addition to the mall and Artists Village, a Main Street train would pass by the Bowers Museum and proposed Discovery Science Center.
Such a route would be close to the county government center and also might travel west to stop at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
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