VTA announced it's receiving more than $5 billion in federal funding to complete the BART extension through Santa Clara County.
VTA announced it's receiving more than $5 billion in federal funding to complete the BART extension through Santa Clara County .Officials call it a historic investment."$5.1 billion for this project. It is an incredible milestone," said Supervisor Cindy Chavez, chair of the VTA Board.The amount is the second largest the Federal Transportation Administration has awarded in its history."It also signals the confidence of the federal government in this incredibly important project.
"It's VTA, it's our community, it's our contractors, and it's those workers behind me who are actually going to be doing that work, 75,000 jobs," says VTA's General Manager Carolyn Gonot.The trouble is that even with the new award and local tax measures, the project still has a $700 million shortfall."This is the first time we've had a gap to fill that is the last gap," says State Sen. Dave Cortese.
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