RTA Needs to Find $254 Million to Bring Entire Network to State of Good Repair

By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has $254 million in unfunded projects that are needed to restore all corners of its bus and rail network to good condition. 

The stark math of the shortfall was set forth Tuesday as RTA trustees approved the agency's 2016 budget for infrastructure investments and took a five-year look at its needs through 2020.

RTA has identified federal, state and local sources for $338 million in improvements over the next five years, though $100 million of that will be for simply maintaining buses, trains and track.