Metro also lacks a complete inventory describing the condition of its physical assets, including track, tunnels, bridges and communications equipment, the study said. “As their audit found, putting in place clear project ranking methodology, measuring program performance, and developing an accurate inventory of assets will all be critical to improving performance of the Metro system,” the statement said. Metro spent an average of $845 million a year on capital projects during that period, which included the January 2015 L’Enfant Plaza smoke incident that left one passenger dead and many more injured. [Why it feels like Metro is on fire, even when it isn’t]The GAO said Metro needs to adopt more rigorous and systematic processes for evaluating which capital projects to prioritize. Metro’s responses were included in the GAO report.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 23:48 UTC