"The City violated its promises to taxpayers. The City has drastically reduced the Project Connect plan but continues to collect the full amount of the Project Connect tax," attorneys Bill Aleshire and Rick Fine wrote in their filing.
"The Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) - a local government corporation responsible for financing and building light-rail - dialed back the first phase of the rail plan last year, eliminating plans for a downtown subway and moving the rail to street level instead."
"ATP blamed post-pandemic inflation while acknowledging the biggest cost increases were early design ambitions that pushed too far beyond the initial estimate of $5.8 billion."
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