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Article: South-North Rail Line May Be Back on Track.
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- February 25, 1998
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By Gordon Oliver, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 20--Remember that proposed light-rail line from Clackamas Town Center to Vancouver? It made a big-buck appearance on the ballot in November 1994 and has been in and out of the news ever since.
On Monday, Metro will release a mind-numbing, 700-plus-page environmental impact statement with charts, graphs, maps and narratives about a project that continues to survive despite political setbacks.
Transportation officials say construction could start in as few as three years.
The first phase -- 15 miles and $1.3 billion -- ends in North ...