Project Connect to give light rail update amid possible scope changes

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin transportation leaders are expected to give an update Wednesday on Project Connect's light rail program, after officials flagged possible scope changes last month due to rising inflation costs.At the Austin Transit Partnership's July meeting, ATP officials said they anticipated "costs will continue on an upward trajectory above the projections laid out in April." Estimates for Project Connect's light rail components — originally budgeted at $5.8 billion —