The Kansas City Streetcar Authority Inc. is moving forward with researching a potential southern extension, an important step in gaining needed funding for the project.

A team led by HDR Engineering will study the best approach for continuing the line to the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Volker Campus.

“We’re just getting started,” Jennifer Schwaller, a senior project planner with HDR, said at a KC Streetcar Authority meeting Wednesday.

Other team members include Burns & McDonnell,…