KING OF PRUSSIA, PA-Officials with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority on Thursday held a citizens briefing here on its ambitious King of Prussia Rail project aimed to ease traffic congestion in the region.
The session held at the Radisson Hotel at the Valley Forge Casino featured Byron Comati, director of strategic planning for SEPTA, who reported there are three possible routes for the new extension: a PECO utility corridor, along Route 202, and along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.
"There is so much automobile traffic in that neck of the woods," Comati said, "and getting there from Center City Philadelphia and other points in region is challenging if you have to use the Schuylkill Expressway."
He added that the projected cost of the extension will run anywhere from $500 million to $650 million and is about eight years away from being completed. See story in the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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