State budget negotiators stripped $300 million in Metrorail funding
from their spending plan this week after Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s
transportation chief made it clear that the governor would not agree to
the extra money.
But that wasn’t always the administration’s position.
It recently offered as much as $200 million toward the project, said Sen. Janet D. Howell (D-Fairfax), who has pushed for Metro’s Silver Line to Dulles International Airport.
“What is particularly galling is, the administration has been giving
mixed signals,” Howell said Friday. “Two weeks ago, they indicated that
they had $200 million available. Two days ago, they said they had $175
million available. And yesterday, they had zero.” . . . .
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