Overall, Congress approved more than $9 billion in funding for nearly 5,000 projects in the $1.5 billion appropriations bill signed by President Joe Biden last month.
San Diego public transit projects won nearly $14 million in funding thanks to the Earmarks are when members of Congress secure funding for something in their district as part of a larger spending bill.
Among the local earmarks: $10 million to help stabilize the Del Mar bluffs and plan for moving the COASTER tracks inland; $1 million to study an alternative route for the COASTER; $2 million to move the trolley at Palomar Street in Chula Vista underground or to elevated tracks; and $750,000 to support zero-emission bus infrastructure for MTS.
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