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Metro explains $104M drawdown and near-term transit projects, including airport service upgrades
Summary
Choose How You Move staff described a $104,000,000 capital drawdown to fund sidewalks, signals, fiber, safety and all-access corridors; WeGo and airport officials described planned frequency increases and route extensions to the airport and said bus deliveries tied to new orders are expected in 2027–28.
City officials outlined how a recently announced $104,000,000 capital drawdown will be used to advance short-, medium- and long-term transportation projects across the county.
"That accounting is in front of you separated by sidewalk, signal, service, safety, and then all access corridors," Sabrina Sussman, lead of the Choose How You Move office, told the joint committee. She said the money was initially appropriated in the fiscal year 26 budget and the drawdown calls attention to how Metro will spend it.
The packet before council members also included a map showing projects already underway and a separate district-level sheet. "For all of the questions on what actually in my district is being funded, you now have that in…
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