Court Challenge Threatens to Derail Tri-Rail Locomotive Contract

Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2011 - 4:11pm

A Tri-Rail bidder has gone to court to halt the award of a $100 million locomotive contract.

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the three-county commuter line, is scheduled to announce the winner of the nine-figure contract at its board meeting Friday.

But one of the finalists, MotivePower Inc., filed a petition for injunctive relief with Broward County Circuit Court on Wednesday.

Sunshine State News has the full story here.

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