Streetcar costs are climbing, and not just in Atlanta. A reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer sought the Foundation’s analysis of rising costs after a $17.4 million budget gap for that city’s controversial streetcar project was announced — and planners warned it won’t be the last increase.
Among the problems in Atlanta’s case, “Nobody had an accurate indication of the underground infrastructure,” said Benita Dodd, vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, an Atlanta-based think tank. “Now, there’s a huge battle as to who’s going to pay for that” cost overrun.
