Sunday, October 23, 2011

BART extension may get $40M - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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It would be the first installment of upto $240 millionj the commission is expected to spendc on the 16.1-mile extension of BART from Fremonft to San Jose and Santa Clara. This is in additiobn to $400 million commissionm members previously allocated for the Federal funds will also be used to cover the totapl costof $6.1 billion to build the line. Last Santa Clara County voters approveda 1/8-centf sales tax increase to operate the which will be overseen by the . The Bay Area Rapidc Transit District, based in currently operates 105 miles of trackiin Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateoi counties. Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the , is a memberr of the commission.
The 11-member group is responsible for programmingy and allocating funds for the constructionof highway, passengerd rail and transit improvementw statewide.

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