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King County Metro joins lawsuit over new FTA grant conditions; judge grants temporary restraining order

3777706 · May 21, 2025
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At the Regional Transit Committee meeting May 21, Metro staff said King County joined a national coalition suing HUD and the FTA over new conditions added to the FTA master agreement. Metro also filed for a restraining order; a federal judge temporarily granted it, Metro said.

KING COUNTY — King County Metro told the Regional Transit Committee on May 21 that it has joined a national coalition of local jurisdictions in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Transit Administration over newly added conditions to the FTA master agreement.

Metro Chief of Staff Deanna Martin said the county joined the suit because the agency believes the new grant conditions would “require the county to make promises that we believe conflict with federal,…

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