As with other HART documents, the recovery plan has errors in it, but more importantly, it looks like it does not include the delay due to the cancellation of the city center contract.  The cancellation was announced in August, and Caldwell testified shortly afterward that he expected at least an 18 month delay.  According to the recovery plan, the revenue service date is late 2025, which is the same date estimated by HART in its February 2017 monthly progress report. 

If that date is incorrect, the projections are incorrect.

In addition, the plan discusses using P3s (public-private partnerships) with respect to the city contract.  It does not say, however, that savings of $260 million (Caldwell’s number) will be needed from the P3 to cover the expected increase in the cost of the city center contract.

No one followed up on these questions in the committee meeting.  Poor planning is how we got into the current mess, and poor planning continues.