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Gilbert council kills light rail, tables commuter rail ordinance

Light rail is doubly dead in Gilbert.

While Valley Metro had no proposal for a line in Gilbert and town officials long had said they were opposed to it for town, the Gilbert Town Council took the extra step of passing an ordinance against it March 7.

The ordinance prohibits any expenditure of town money or resources, including staff time, to further light rail in town. It passed on a 5-1 vote with Mayor Brigette Peterson voting in dissent and Council Member Yung Koprowski abstaining.

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