Group will come back with recommendations by 2025 and also dig into the project’s finances.
San Jose’s BART extension, one of America’s priciest transportation projects, will now be under the eye of an oversight committeeOn Friday, Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors Chairperson Pat Burt announced he was forming the group to field problems the extension encounters going forward, provide recommendations and probe the financials behind the project.
On Oct. 4, VTA officials announced the project’s cost would increase to $12.2 billion, more than twice the initial estimate. It is now expected to open in 2036, a decade behind schedule. Since this month’s update by the transit agency, Mayor Mahan said he is open to an independent analysis of the extension. But as a major proponent of the project, he said it should not derail the overall plans.
The six-mile, four-station extension would create a ring of rail service around the Bay Area and create an underground tunnel beneath downtown San Jose. The U-shaped path will run from Berryessa Transit Center in North San Jose, looping down into the city’s downtown core and up towards Santa Clara. Yonah Freemark, a D.C.-based transportation expert, said American cities face unique challenges compared to their counterparts in Europe and Asia when it comes to building out projects like rail. Outside of the U.S., said Freemark, there are much greater concentrations of transportation expertise.
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