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Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury zeros in on dysfunction at VTA over BART expansion
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION of BART train service into San Jose and the city of Santa Clara could be anything from a risky endeavor to a complete boondoggle, according to a new Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report on the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project. The report, simply titled “VTA’s Management and Oversight of […] The post Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury zeros in on dysfunction at VTA over BART expansion appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury zeros in on dysfunction at VTA over BART expansion, THE PROPOSED EXTENSION of BART train service into San Jose and the city of Santa Clara could be anything from a risky endeavor to a complete boondoggle, according to a new Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report on the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project. The report, simply titled “VTA’s Management and Oversight of […] The post Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury zeros in on dysfunction at VTA over BART expansion appeared first on Local News Matters .
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