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Sunrise Movement and residents press Orange County to include STAR rapid transit plan in surtax
Summary
Multiple residents and Sunrise Movement representatives urged county commissioners to adopt and fund the STAR rapid transit plan—six corridor, community-driven transit proposals—and asked that the plan be integrated into the county's infrastructure surtax and/or a local TIF ordinance.
Several residents and Sunrise Movement Orlando representatives used the public-comment period to press the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to adopt and fund the STAR rapid transit plan, a community-developed proposal to study and advance high‑capacity transit on six corridors across the county.
Speakers from the Sunrise coalition said the STAR plan provides a clear vision for transit and urged the commission to include the plan in any infrastructure surtax ballot language and to consider passage of a local tax-increment financing (TIF) ordinance that could raise funds without a…
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