Posted Jan 29, 2010, 3:09 AM
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Location: Marin
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BART has three weeks to address FTA concerns about the Oakland airport connector. From today's Chronicle:
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BART gets 3 weeks to fix airport connector plan
Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 11-5 to give BART three weeks to satisfy the concerns of the Federal Transit Administration, which last week threatened to withhold $70 million in stimulus funds allotted to the $440 million, 3.2-mile automated rail link between the Oakland International Airport and the Coliseum BART Station.
If BART cannot get federal approval for a plan to complete the necessary studies by Feb. 16, the commission will hold a special meeting and reassign the money to Bay Area transit agencies, which are cutting service, raising fares and laying off workers. The FTA must approve any Bay Area plan by March 5 for the region to get the money.
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Rest of the article at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BA1H1BOENS.DTL
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