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County council tells C TRAN to stay at the table on I-5 bridge funding but flags cost risks
Summary
Clark County Councilors directed their C TRAN representatives to stay involved in interstate bridge funding talks after reviewing permissive language adopted by the C TRAN board that could let the agency help fund light-rail operation-and-maintenance, but they flagged concerns about potential local tax impacts.
Clark County Councilors directed the county’s C TRAN representatives to remain engaged in interstate bridge (IBR) funding and negotiation, while voicing concern about potential Clark County taxpayer exposure if C TRAN helped pay operation-and-maintenance (O&M) costs for light rail.
Council Chair Marshall said the matter concerns whether C TRAN should have “permissive” language allowing the agency to participate in O&M funding for light rail. Mayor Anne McElerney Ogle, who spoke as a former C TRAN chair, reminded the council that the C TRAN board adopted the permissive language in November and that the board voted to reconsider the item in January; the board will again discuss it March 11. “It was adopted in November,” she said.
The issue matters because C TRAN board members were startled by updated O&M estimates that accompany the IBR project and because adopting a prohibition…
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