"Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Fremont, recently scolded BART for what she calls a failure to apply for state Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grant money to help pay for the long-awaited Irvington station. BART told this news organization it decided to focus its efforts on a different project while dealing with a deepening fiscal crisis. But Fremont officials say the decision will set back the station's progress even further, after previously projecting construction to start sometime this year with an expected opening in 2031."
"City leaders maintain they've seen little to no progress from BART on the project since at least 2024, while they have continued building housing near the projected site with a promise to residents of a future station. In a Jan. 26 letter to BART Board President Melissa Hernandez and other officials, Wahab slammed BART for leaving state dollars on the table by not including the Irvington station in its funding application last year, calling it unacceptable."
Planned Irvington BART station in Fremont faces indefinite delay because of a major funding gap after BART chose not to include the project in a state TIRCP grant application. Sen. Aisha Wahab criticized BART for failing to pursue available state funding while the agency focuses on another project amid a deepening fiscal crisis. Fremont officials report little to no progress since 2024 despite ongoing housing construction near the proposed Washington Boulevard and Osgood Road site. The station was first studied in 1979 and approved by the BART board in 1992. Construction had been projected to start this year with a 2031 opening.
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