‘There’s still a shortfall’: Silicon Valley BART expansion has multimillion-dollar deficit

Federal funding will be flowing into Silicon Valley to help expand BART service to Santa Clara, but the revenue is just short of VTA’s request, leaving officials looking for ways to plug the shortfall.

VTA announced a $5.1 billion grant on Friday from the Federal Transportation Agency for the second phase of BART’s expansion into Silicon Valley. That’s about $1 billion less than what was requested, and officials are looking to close a $700 million gap in the $12.75 billion project.