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AGENCY TESTIMONY
MTA's capital budget needs and system state of good repair
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Jai Patel outlines the MTA's proposed $68.4 billion 2025-2029 capital plan, emphasizing the critical need for funding to maintain and improve the transit system's infrastructure.
- The capital plan prioritizes bringing the system into a state of good repair
- Many components of the system are deteriorating and need replacement or preservation
- Patel warns that failure to fund this critical work could lead to severe service disruptions
- The plan requires contributions from the MTA, city, state, and federal governments
Jai Patel
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We will continue to look for more opportunities to reduce cost, but what I really want to talk to you about today is MTA's capital budget, which involves contributions from not just the MTA itself, but also the city, state, and federal governments among other sources.
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March is peak budget season in Albany and our team is up there all the time fighting for every last dollar to fund MTA's proposed $68,400,000,000 20 5 to 20 9 capital plan.
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It prioritized bringing the system into a state of good repair.
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Many components are falling apart and need to be replaced or preserved.
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If we don't do this critical work, it's no exaggeration to say we will be looking at another summer of hell.
0:20:54
Does anyone really wanna go back to 2037?