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Alexandria says transit bills must move or localities face a $136 million WMATA shortfall
Summary
Staff briefed council that four cognate transit bills would create dedicated Northern Virginia revenue for WMATA, VRE and local transit and tighten WMATA accountability; staff warned that without a transit bill the Commonwealth faces a roughly $136,000,000 gap in WMATA operations that would shift costs to local governments.
Alexandria legislative staff told the subcommittee that passage of a regional transit funding bill is urgent: without a legislative solution the Commonwealth faces a roughly $136,000,000 shortfall in what it owes for WMATA operations, a burden that could fall to local governments.
Hillary briefed the committee that two competing vehicles — one that favors WMATA and another that gives more flexibility to local transit (named during…
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