Metro Board Votes to Avoid Service Cuts

Photo by yonas1 Metro’s board today caved to mounting pressure to avoid massive Metrobus service cuts and voted to make only $2.5 million worth of cuts instead of $13.6 million, reports Lena Sun in the Post . In order to make up for a predicted budget shortfall, the board voted 5-1 to dip into the agency’s so-called rainy day fund, which currently holds $13.3 million. Instead of some 70 odd bus routes being

eliminated, the following routes are the only ones that will get the ax, according to Sun: The L7, in Montgomery County The Z2, in Silver Spring The C7 and C9, in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. In addition, new increased Express fares of $3.10 ($3 for SmarTrip) will be charged on the J7, J9, and W19 Metrobus routes.

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Metro Board Votes to Avoid Service Cuts