Impasse over Metro seat holds up transit funds

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Virginia is withholding $20 million from Northern Virginia transit agencies in an impasse over a seat on Metro’s board of directors.

The total will reach $33 million if the stalemate is not resolved by the end of October, according to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, which doles out the money. That puts in jeopardy the local bus services and commuter trains that rely on the funds, officials said.

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