MetroLink expansion in St. Louis is officially off the table.

The board of the Bi-State Development Agency, which oversees the region’s mass transit, voted Friday to begin studying a north-south bus rapid transit system instead.

“I’m personally a little disappointed,” Bi-State President and CEO Taulby Roach said in an interview. “I'd love to build Metrolink, but the reality is, we have to advance projects to both our D.C. partners and to Room 200 in City Hall that make economic sense.”

The move by the board was not a surprise. Mayor Cara Spencer had asked the agency to pause the light rail project known as the Green Line in April and canceled it earlier this week over cost concerns.

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