Project Connect

Proposition A
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
Public transportation expansion referendum
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 230,376 58.25%
No 165,138 41.75%
Valid votes 395,514 100.76%
Invalid or blank votes −2,967 −0.76%
Total votes 392,547 100.00%
Travis County Official Results

Project Connect (listed as Proposition A on the general election ballot) is a transit expansion program by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin, Texas, U.S. The program was approved by voters on November 3, 2020, in a local election concurrent with the 2020 presidential election.

The project is estimated to cost $7.1 billion and will be funded with public funds, both federally and locally through increasing the local property tax rate by 8.75 cents. This is a smaller-scale version of the proposal, originally estimated at $10 billion, but ultimately downsized to $7.1 billion due to Covid-induced cost concerns. Plans were again scaled down in 2023 as construction costs had risen since the proposition's passage.

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