BART Airport Project Moving Forward Amid Debate
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BART Airport Project Moving Forward Amid Debate
A key regional transit agency voted 11-5 Wednesday to reaffirm its support for using $70 million in federal stimulus funds to help BART build a rail connector between its Coliseum station and the Oakland Airport. Sherry Hu reports.
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...by some estimates, the project will create 48,000 jobs. construction should begin in the spring and take about five years to finish. >>> the future of an east bay trains project could be decided today. the metropolitan transportation commission scheduled to vote on whether to move ahead with plans to build a bart line to the oakland airport. the federal government approved $70 million for the bart extension, but then it decided that the project might not comply with federal civil rights law. today the mtc could decide to drop the project and use that $70 million on other trains projects instead. >>> oracle plans to hire 2,000 sales and engineering workers. ceo larry ellison says the new hires will out number the people it will lay off at sun microsystems. it's based in redwood shores about to acquire the santa clara based sun for $4.7 billion. it's been speculated oracle will cut sun's workforce once the acquisition is done. oracle hasn't revealed the number of sun jobs it plans to cut. >>> 5:14. we are going to see something we haven't seen in more than a week. >> tracy, what we have -- well, we've seen tracy. >> you guys have seen me. >> what else. >> we are going to see something that we have not seen in quite some time, some sunshine for the day but starting off with fog. we have dense fog in some locations, i'll let you know who and we'll talk about how long this sunshine plans on sticking around....KNTV-SF (NBC)1/27/2010 - San Francisco, CA - NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5AM
...we presume, the tablet. >> everybody waits. they listen to see what steve jobs has to say. thank you, scott. >> we could find out today if millions in federal stimulus money will go to the b.a.r.t. tram to the oakland airport. bay area transit officials expected to decide today if they will reaffirm committing stimulus money to the b.a.r.t. project or redirect the cash to other projects. federal leaders said that b.a.r.t. shirked its civil rights obligation meaninging that $70 million might not be released until bart complies. >> a year after becoming commander in chief president
Local Transportation Officials Pressure BART on Airport Connector
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- Regional transportation officials are urging BART to resolve a federal civil rights complaint that threatens $70 million of funding for a proposed airport connector between Coliseum Station and Oakland International Airport.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission still supports building the $500,000 people mover to replace the existing bus line, said executive director Steve Hemminger.
KCBS' Dave Padilla reportsThe federal government may withdraw funds available under the American Recovery Act if they are not satisfied by March 5 that BART has done enough to address how construction will affect neighborhood of predominantly low-income minority residents.
BART director Carole Ward Allen has appealed for more time, saying the project is too close to the finish line to stop now.
The MTC will address the issue again on February 17.
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