When reviewing the capital allocation proposed by the regional transit board, we cannot ignore the staggering deferred maintenance across our rail and waterway corridors. The metropolitan committee has historically treated flood mitigation not as an immediate operational priority, but as (1)0:14. Furthermore, the audit reveals persistent administrative friction between municipal oversight and contractual compliance; specifically, (2)0:25 during initial procurement phases. Consequently, modernizing this critical network demands (3)0:34 before any additional municipal bonds can be underwritten.