Bud Colligan refutes a recent Lookout op-ed on the facts behind the rail-trail debate. Bottom line, Colligan says, the train is too costly and infeasible. “At some point, FORT and the RTC must take responsibility. It’s time to stop blaming others and look in the mirror,” he writes.
Bud Colligan
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The Train Is Dead: Will someone please tell the RTC?
The long-sought train in Santa Cruz County will never be built because it is too expensive, writes local philanthropist Bud Colligan, who has studied the train issue for more than 10 years. Colligan thinks the Regional Transportation Commission staff needs to be more publicly open about the financial realities of the train plan. “There is no way taxpayers will support a $4 billion price tag for this train boondoggle,” he writes.