Should plans for 30th Street Station include capping the rail yard? Re-opening the tunnel to the El? The development of a comprehensive 30th Street Station District Plan began this week - a joint effort by Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, SEPTA and other stakeholders to create an implementable vision for the 175-acre area surrounding the station for the year 2040. The team is seeking the public's ongoing opinions and input on the current situation, and proposed plans and scenarios. "Following another round of public feedback and feasibility studies..scenarios will be synthesized into a single District Plan, which will be fully implementable the day it's released (sometime around fall 2016)." [Plan Philly]
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