VTA says it can ‘absorb’ cost as inflation adds billions to BART extension project in San Jose

by Joshua Picazo, Bay City News October 6, 2023October 5, 2023

San Jose's Diridon Transit Center is scheduled to receive BART service as part of a long-range plan to add four stations to the existing BART line that currently ends with the Berryessa Station. The six-mile extension, previously estimated to cost $9.3 billion, has seen cost estimates jump by nearly one-third and is now planned for completion by 2036. (Google image)

The ongoing construction of four new BART stations and six miles of line in San Jose and Santa Clara has seen the project’s cost estimates rise from $9.3 billion to $12.2 billion, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s general manager said.

The higher price is due to inflation and the higher costs of labor and materials, VTA general manager Carolyn Gonot said.

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