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WA Light-rail Hijacked By Lawmaker

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Felix Sukhenko
13 September 2003 - 1:00pm

Unless US Rep. Ernest Istook changes his oppinion, the FTA will not sign a $500 million agreement with Sound Transit.

"Federal transportation officials said yesterday they will not sign a $500 million agreement with Sound Transit to finance light rail in Seattle unless an important congressman reverses himself and supports the project. On Wednesday, Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., chairman of the House transportation-spending committee, expressed his "formal disapproval" of the half-billion-dollar grant, which Sound Transit says is essential to breaking ground on the planned 14-mile Seattle-to-Tukwila light-rail route."

Full Story: Light-rail grant hinges on lawmaker, feds say
Source: The Seattle Times, September 12, 2003
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