.MTC Decides to Gamble on $70 Million in Federal Funds

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted yesterday to give BART three weeks to devise a plan that will satisfy federal authorities who threatened to withhold $70 million in funding for it controversial tramway to the Oakland airport. If BART fails to meet the new February 17 deadline, then the MTC hopes to redirect the $70 million in federal funding to cash-strapped transportation agencies throughout the Bay Area, including about $7 million to AC Transit.

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