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Project Connect (listed as Proposition A on the general election ballot) is a transit expansion program by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin, Texas, U.S. The program was approved by voters on November 3, 2020, in a local election concurrent with the 2020 presidential election.
The project is estimated to cost $7.1 billion and will be funded with public funds, both federally and locally through increasing the local property tax rate by 8.75 cents.[2] This is a smaller-scale version of the proposal, originally estimated at $10 billion, but ultimately downsized to $7.1 billion due to Covid-induced cost concerns.[3] Plans were again scaled down in 2023 as construction costs had risen since the proposition's passage.[4]
- ^ "Travis County - Election Night Results".
- ^ "StackPath". www.masstransitmag.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "$7.1B 'Project Connect' transit plan set to be finalized next week". kvue.com. August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Kelsey; Remadna, Nabil (March 21, 2023). "Project Connect debuts 5 scaled down light rail options". KXAN. Retrieved March 22, 2023.