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DOT Approves $75M for BART-SFO Project

SAN FRANCISCO-The U.S. Department of Transportation has given BART a $74.9 million federal grant to fund a rail extension that will connect the system to the San Francisco International Airport by 2005.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on May 15, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $74.9 million federal grant for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) project that will connect the system to San Francisco International Airport.

The money is part of a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The rail extension will add four new stations and extend travel on BART by nearly 70,000 trips by 2010 The federal grant will be used for the construction of a project between Colma, the airport and Millbrae, which began in 1998. This phase of the project will cost an estimated $1.5 billion and will expand the system, which is currently 95 miles long, to 103 miles.

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