Project Connect light rails will likely cost $10.3B, twice as much as first planned

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New cost estimates for Austin to add two light rails as part of Project Connect are nearly double the original numbers, according to CapMetro. The cost estimate now sits at $10.3 billion.In a memo Thursday, Project Connect Program Officer David Couch outlined updates to the program, a transit overhaul designed to improve the city's current mass transit network.From The Drag to Lady Bird Lake, a look at 4 key Project Connect design proposalsOriginally, the two lines and a tu