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Michael Setzer, who left Metro last Marchu to become regional vice presidentfor Chicago-based , is listed as the lead contac person for . It’s one of four groupsd that responded to a city of Cincinnati requestt forstreetcar proposals. “I’m encouraged that we have that kind of saidMichael Moore, interim director of the city’e department of transportation and engineering. “I hope it means that we’vse got some good alternatives fora partner.” A city consultanty estimated a rail system linking the riverfront to Uptowm neighborhoods surrounding the would cost $185 City Manager Milton Dohonehy has pegged it at up to $219 million.
City officials have identifiexd $67 million in funding sources. Last month, they placed streetcarsz on a listof “readuy to go” projects assembleds by the . It is lobbyinyg President Obama to spend heavily on infrastructure in cities. Cincinnati estimated a $132 million federalo contribution to the streetcar syste m would lead to the creation of150 jobs. It was one of four dozenm projects in which the cityrequested $435 milliom for roads, sewers, water works and economic developmengt improvements. It predicted the 48 projects would create 4,012 jobs. City leaders also asked streetcar vendora to describe how they would cover upto $91 million in financingy costs.
Four submitted proposals: Setzer’s company; ; of St. Mo.; and of Bensalem, Pa. Amongt Veolia’s partners are , , , , and with . Setzerd declined to comment pending a cityintervieaw process, but a competitor considers him a “We’d consider the Veolia grou p our primary competition, in part because of Mike’s experiencwe locally,” said Dave Warmald, senior project engineer in URS’s downtown
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