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PSAD-80-49 1 (1980-06-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabapy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ED S1 2 qSZ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT AND SYSrrMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-197932 JUNE 5,1980 The Honorable Neil E. Goldschmidt ~I~h~ui 11 I~I The Secretary of Transportation 112452 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Development Status of thne Rapid Transit/System of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida7 (PSAD-80-49) We have reviewed the development status of the fixed- guideway rapid transit system of Metropolitan Dade County (MDC), Florida. Project development is proceeding with capital assistance grants from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) authorized under section 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. MDC estimates its project will cost $866.8 million of Which UMTA is pro- viding $670.4 million, the Federal share of the approved project cost. This report identifies significant cost increases and a problem with the project development sequence on the Miami project which will require close coordination between UMTA and MDC. Because MDC has been concentrating on the acquisi- tion of properties for its right-of-way toward the southern part of its line and starting construction at that point, it has not acquired many parcels for the north line section. If those parcels are not acquired according to schedule, that section of the line will not be constructed in a timely manner to allow cars access to the entire line from the maintenance and test track facility areas. We are making several recommendations which we believe will avoid or minimize delays in achieving this objective. This report also shows that MDC has increased its estimated cost of the system by $71.8 million and slipped its starting date 16 months from March 1983 to July 1984. However, from information we obtained, it appears that the MDC cost estimate is still understated by $81.4 million with further cost increases possible for such reasons as cited in the previous paragraph. 01074) (951521)

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