GazetteXtra: Amtrak botched planning on $6 billion tunnel project, watchdog says
WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s struggle to manage early planning led to delays for a key passenger rail tunnel project that received $4.7 billion in federal funding from the infrastructure law, a government watchdog found.
Amtrak in 2022 mismanaged staffing levels and initial planning of the project, it said. As a result the requisite planning has yet to be completed despite the program approaching major construction, which the report said “significantly” increases the risk of cost overruns and delays.
As a result, the program lacked the necessary planning to keep the project on track. It also suffered from “insufficient communications management” with external stakeholders, “inadequate document management” impacting major contracts, and inconsistent risk management and mitigation measures.
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