$2.9 BILLION MTA BUDGET APPROVED BY BOARD.Byline: Troy Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Staff Writer The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board approved a $2.9 billion budget on Monday Monday: see week. that includes more than $1 billion for buses, expansion of rail service and funding for street and highway programs. The Bus Riders Union complained that the budget fails to include money for 145 new buses, which would be needed to comply with a Jan. 12 federal court ruling ordering the agency to reduce overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. . The MTA has decided to appeal the order. The spending plan also eliminates 233 positions, including 125 layoffs, and cuts more than $7 million from such categories as travel, training, materials and supplies. MTA employees received no pay increase this year but are budgeted for a 2.5 percent increase next year. ``We have to live within our means,'' MTA Chief Executive Officer Roger Snoble said. ``This is not a happy budget.'' The budget is $89 million more than the current budget. The cost difference is mainly due to the scheduled start of construction of the six-mile Metro Gold Line extension to the Eastside Adj. 1. eastside - of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan; "the eastside silk-stocking district" east - situated in or facing or moving toward the east , as well as major construction of the 14-mile busway between Warner Center and North Hollywood Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. . Snoble said there are several risk factors that could drive up MTA costs, including the final settlement of health care contract issues with the union representing maintenance employees. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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