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The Federal Transit Administration is giving St. Louis area officials until Feb. 1 to submit a plan to restart service of the Loop Trolley, or else the region may be required to pay back millions of dollars in federal grants.

The Federal Transit Administration is giving St. Louis area officials until Feb. 1 to submit a plan to restart service of the Loop Trolley, or else the region may be

The Federal Transit Administration threatened to take back the money if the Loop Trolley isn't in operation by June. It shut down in December 2019.

The streetcar line has been closed since 2019. In October, it was turned down for $1.26 million in federal highway funds to operate the trolley for two years.

And a free-market think tank recommends splitting New Jersey Transit in two, and more in this week’s Mobile City.

The East-West Gateway Council voted against accepting $1.26-million in federal funding that would've gotten the trolley back on track.

However, there were stipulations Jones and Page set forward in the letter to members of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments.

The East-West Gateway Council of Governments rejected a plan Wednesday to use $1.26 million in federal money to fund the 2.2-mile connection between the Delmar Loop and Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.

“There’s a really good opportunity for St. Louis to keep moving forward and improve upon a really good project,” said Joe Edwards.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Backers of a St. Louis trolley that closed almost two years ago...