Washington Times · Jun 29, 2022
Feds to release list shaming over-budget and overdue transportation projects
In this 2019 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is show on-site in New Carrollton, Maryland, announcing the installation of the first section of the Purple Line transit track being built in Maryland. The project is years behind schedule and ...The Transportation Department will soon have to release its first name-and-shame list of federally funded projects that have ballooned a billion dollars over budget.
Language demanding the report was tucked into the major infrastructure bill Congress passed last year, and Sen. Joni Ernst, the Iowa Republican who put it there, said taxpayers deserve to know when things have gone that far awry.