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$2 MILLION OF TAXPAYERS’ MONEY
TO BE WASTED BY PAT ABANDONMENT OF NEVER-USED RAIL CAR STORAGE YARD
TRANSIT
ADVOCATE ASSAILS WASTE OF
TRANSIT FUNDS BEFORE PAT BOARD
Pittsburgh, April 23
– One consequence of the proposed
construction of the “North Shore Connector” rail transit expansion project will
be “the Port Authority’s proposed abandonment of a never-used rail car storage
yard, which would result in the complete waste of $2 million in taxpayer funds,”
according to long-time public transit advocate Glenn A. Walsh. Mr. Walsh made
this statement before the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Allegheny
County, in a prepared text Friday morning.
According to Mr. Walsh, a
seven-track rail car storage yard was built in the mid-1980s, as part of the
Port Authority’s Stage I Light Rail Transit project. Yet, after construction,
this Mid-Day Rail Yard, planned for the storage of light rail vehicles needed
only during the rush hours, has never been used. And, now, the Port Authority
plans to abandon this $2 million rail yard, with construction of a new subway
line to the
Mr. Walsh called this
proposed rail yard abandonment, “clear-cut evidence of waste of taxpayer
dollars—money that could have been used to improve public transportation in
FOR MORE DETAILS, AND A COMPLETE TEXT OF MR. WALSH’S
COMMENTS (COMPLETE TEXT EMBARGOED FROM PUBLICATION UNTIL
< https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/ST-PATRailYard.htm
>
Large Print Version: < https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/ST-PATRailYard-LargePrint.htm
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Note to Editors and
Reporters:
Glenn A. Walsh of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania has been an advocate of public
transportation, and has closely followed proceedings of the Port Authority of
Allegheny County (including the attendance of many meetings of the PAT Board of
Directors), for more than twenty-five years. Mr. Walsh was a charter member, in
1984, of the Allegheny County Transit Council, a citizens' advisory body
designated by the
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Internet link to full
public statement, by Glenn A. Walsh, before the Port Authority Board of
Directors on 2004 April 23:
<
https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/ST-PATRailYard.htm >
Large Print Version: < https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/ST-PATRailYard-LargePrint.htm
>
Internet link to
comments issued by Glenn A. Walsh,
during the official public comment period for the Final Environmental Impact
Statement regarding the proposed
<
https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/C-FEISNShoreConnect.htm >
Glenn
A. Walsh’s Public Transit Web Site: < https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/
>
Internet links to two recent
letters to Port Authority officials--
Letter
to Port Authority Chief Executive Officer Paul Skoutelas—
<
https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/L-SkoutelasRailYard.htm >
Letter to Port Authority
Board Chairman John A. Brooks—
< https://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit/L-BrooksRailYard.htm
>
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