Cincinnati will extend SORTA funding for another month

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:16:22 +0000

The ongoing dispute between Cincinnati and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority about the use of the city’s transit fund is still dragging on.

Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls spoke during a special Budget and Finance Committee meeting Tuesday.

"Members of the committee may remember that we passed a one-month budget for SORTA a number weeks ago," Qualls said. "This is another one month budget for the period of February."

The city argues the fund can be used for any transit purpose.

But the SORTA board says it's only for paying for Metro bu

Metro funding

Cincinnati will extend SORTA funding for another month