The thing of legend will come to pass: the TriMet Portland-Milwaukie light rail construction project is expected for delivery on time and between $10 and $40 million under budget.
"The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon's (TriMet) Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project is slated to come in $10 million to $40 million under budget," according to a post on the Progressive Railroading website.
Moreover, with "95 percent of the new line's construction complete, the $1.49 billion project is also set to open on Sept. 12, 2015, as originally scheduled…" The psot goes ont o detail some of how that savings will be divvied up.
FULL STORY: TriMet's new light-rail line millions under budget

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