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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New cost estimates for Austin to add two light rails as part of Project Connect are nearly double original numbers, according to CapMetro.
In a memo Thursday, Project Connect Program Officer David Couch outlined updates to the program. Originally, the two lines and a tunnel were expected to cost $5.8 billion ($2.5 billion for the Orange Line, expected to stretch from north to south Austin;$1.3 billion for the Blue Line, expected to connect downtown to the airport; and $2 bi