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C TRAN briefing: light-rail O&M could require local funding; board to revisit decision in March
Summary
C TRAN staff updated La Center council on the Interstate Bridge Replacement program’s transit assumptions, saying annual operations-and-maintenance (O&M) for light rail could be about $21.8 million (2033 opening-year estimate) and that the C TRAN board will reconsider its level of financial participation at its March meeting.
C TRAN representatives briefed the La Center City Council on the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) program’s transit assumptions and the agency’s internal debate over whether C TRAN should contribute to light-rail operations and maintenance.
Scott Patterson, representing C TRAN, told the council the most recent IBR planning materials assume a 2033 opening year and estimate combined light-rail and incremental express-bus O&M at roughly $21.8 million in the first year of operation. Patterson said TriMet’s modeling assumes about 25% farebox recovery and that TriMet’s Oregon-side share would be about $8.3 million in the opening year while the Washington-side light-rail share would be about $6.8 million (express-bus additions on Washington’s side were estimated separately at roughly $443,000). Patterson said C TRAN earlier adopted restrictive language that would not obligate it to pay O&M but that, in…
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