Tag Archives: Oakland Airport Connector

$70 million for airport connector project to be diverted to regional transit agencies

February 21, 2010 – 12:39 pm

$70 million in federal stimulus funding denied to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency for the Oakland Airport Connecter project will be reallocated for regional rail and bus improvements instead.

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BART votes to approve Oakland airport connector

December 11, 2009 – 4:38 pm

After three hours of public comment and discussion yesterday, the BART Board of Directors voted 7 to 1 to approve the $492 million Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) elevated rail line. Construction is scheduled begin in mid-2010 and be completed by 2013.

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Federal civil rights review could imperil BART airport connector project

November 19, 2009 – 10:31 am

The Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights will review the social equity aspects of BART’s current projects within the next several months, a process that could lead to further delays or even kill a plan to build an elevated rail connector to the Oakland airport.

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After long, long night, city council supports BART airport connector

October 8, 2009 – 6:34 am

After a long session of impassioned public debate stretching into early Wednesday morning, the Oakland City Council yesterday passed a largely symbolic resolution in support of the Oakland Airport Connector.

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Council to take 2nd look at BART connector project

September 17, 2009 – 6:06 pm

At a crowded meeting, an Oakland City Council committee this week decided to urge the whole council to re-examine its position on the planned BART-to-Oakland-Airport lightrail connector project, targeted for $70 million in federal stimulus money. Story by Thomas Gorman/Oakland North.

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