The Washington Post, 2/8:
Federal funding for D.C., Va., Md. at risk due to lack of progress on Metro oversight
The Federal Transit Administration has given Virginia, Maryland and the District a year to create a safety oversight body for Metro or risk losing millions in federal transportation funding.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrote in a letter Monday to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ® and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) that he was frustrated to learn that the jurisdictions would not be pursuing legislation this year to establish a federally compliant safety oversight agency to oversee Metro’s rail operations.
Late last year, Foxx transferred safety oversight of Metro’s rail operations to the FTA with the understanding that it would be temporary — until the three jurisdictions could develop a compact to create an oversight agency. The move was made after federal officials determined that the agency charged with the task, the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC), was woefully inadequate for the job.
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