SEPTA’s planned Mall Boulevard station on the planned King of Prussia line.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that SEPTA wants to spend $40 million in federal funds the agency received for Covid-19 relief. However, they don t want to spend it on Covid-19 relief.
They want to spend it on the engineering and design work for their new line to King of Prussia.
The $40 million was provided to SEPTA to keep trains running during the pandemic. Nat Lownes, a member of the Philadelphia Transit Riders Union said “this money is intended to run transit through the crisis. The maneuver is not illegal, but it looks shifty when they could be spending money on keeping more buses running.” Lownes also said that transit vehicle overcrowding is an “immediate threat.” Many SEPTA riders and others feel the same as Lownes about the issue.