Metro faces a $7 billion backlog of capital and maintenance needs that remain “unfunded and dire” even without extending a new track to Washington Dulles International Airport, Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson told The Examiner Friday in an interview that sheds new light on why the project likely will not be funded.
Simpson, who held a press conference Thursday detailing the grave problems surrounding the multibillion rail expansion and why it can’t receive a key $900 million in federal funds, also said the Kaine administration never offered any proof that it had made promised cost cuts.
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