Regional Transportation Authority and Pima Association of Governments Interim Executive Director Michael Ortega has developed a proposal that would establish a 10-year funding period for RTA’s 20-year project timeline.
The proposal has created fresh controversy in an already tumultuous period as the bodies prepare to ask voters for an extension of the RTA’s half-cent funding tax.
Ortega said in a recent meeting the boards should consider requesting a 10-year extension while maintaining the 20-year project timeline. A second funding request would then be put to voters near the end of the first 10-year term…