KANSAS CITY, MO — Voters in a special district have approved tax hikes to fund a $100 million streetcar route through two miles of downtown Kansas City in what supporters hope is the first leg of a more extensive public rail system, according to election officials. Voters approved a 1-cent sales tax increase and property tax increases to help pay for the streetcars, which will run from the River Market area to Union Station, The Kansas City Star reported (http://bit.ly/UFSlAB). Only those in the boundaries of the streetcar district will pay the tax increases, which were authorized for 25 years by a mail-in vote involving registered voters in the district. The city hopes to begin construction of the system next year and start running the streetcars in 2015.
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