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Streetcar meetings begin tonight

The first in a series of three meetings sponsored by Charlotte Area Transit System to update the public on the proposed streetcar project is tonight in Charlotte's uptown.

CATS is holding the meetings to inform the public on the engineering and design project currently under way. The public is being invited to provide suggestions on future course of the project.

CATS is proposing streetcar service on Beatties Ford Road near Interstate 485, along Trade Street, Elizabeth Avenue, Hawthorne Lane and Central Avenue to the Eastland area.

Tonight's meeting is from 6-8 p.m. in Room 267 of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, on the second floor. The Government Center is at 600 East 4th Street.

Other meetings:

Thursday: 6-8 p.m., Biddle Auditorium on the Johnson C. Smith University campus, 100 Beatties Ford Road.

Next Tuesday: 6-8 p.m., Memorial United Methodist Church, 4012 Central Avenue.

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