FY2017 PROPOSED BUDGET

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Proposed FY2017 Budget
Chapter 4
The FY2017-2022 proposed CIP contains more than $1.0 billion in safety-enhancing
investments to fund all current National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
recommendations and FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) requirements, as well as
other critical investments that will improve and strengthen the safety of the Metro system.
These investments include more than $455 million to complete the delivery and
commissioning of new 7000 series cars to replace the 1000 series cars and more than $310
million to replace and upgrade the Authority’s radio infrastructure and install neutral host
wireless technology throughout the tunnels. Metro is committed to advancing these important
initiatives in cooperation with our federal partners.
The proposed FY2017-2022 CIP also continues to advance an aggressive investment plan,
totaling nearly $5 billion, designed to restore and maintain infrastructure, facilities, power
systems, vehicles, and other assets throughout the system in a state of good repair.
Sources of Funds
Federal grants are expected to fund $2.6 billion (44 percent) of the $6 billion FY2017-2022
capital program, with state and local sources funding the remaining $3.4 billion (56 percent).
The FY2017-2022 CIP assumes that state and local funding will consist of $2.2 billion in cash
contributions and $1.2 billion of long-term financing.
The primary fund sources are described below. The table below displays funding sources in
the year in which funding is anticipated to be expended, consistent with the Authority’s
expenditure based budgeting principles.
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