"Soaring cost estimates have pushed planners at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the quasi-governmental entity charged with constructing the project, to recommend cutting the tunnel for an estimated savings of $640 million.
"The proposed change requires an additional two miles of rail construction, approval from the Federal Transit Administration and, depending on details of the changes, a possible new environmental impact study, or EIS. Tom Farley, a project representative, told supervisors that planners at MWAA were hopeful for minimal environmental requirements."
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