May 17, 2024
Funds

New regional task force to answer the call for better funding plan for Metro

D.C. Metro and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments hope a regional task force can finally bring about an agreeable budget plan for WMATA. Setting up Metro with dedicated funding has been discussed for decades in the region but still hasn’t come to fruition. Now, WMATA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments hope a

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Funds

Youngkin proposes using NoVa investment fund to support Metro • Virginia Mercury

In a state budget amendment, Gov. Glenn Youngkin pledged to support Metro with an additional $133.7 million amid a projected shortfall for the transit agency. The pledge came with a caveat: It would strip funding from a transit investment fund used by Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Leaders from the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the regional body

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