Three South Florida counties must pay millions of dollars to keep Tri-Rail, the 73-mile commuter rail system, up and running, the executive director of Tri-Rail told leaders Friday.
The need to make up what is projected to eventually be a $90 million annual deficit comes as federal stimulus money dries up, and state funding ends, the director said.
The immediate ask from Tri-Rail is $10 million per county to make up a $30 million annual deficit, said David Dech, the executive director for the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority / Tri-Rail, while he still assured leaders there was “not an existential crisis today.”…