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MARTA CEO defends vote to stop Beltline rail project amid secrecy concerns
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February 15, 2026
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2:16Now PlayingAt a packed board meeting, interim CEO Jonathan Hunt defended a May vote by the Program Governance Committee — a working group of officials from MARTA, the City of Atlanta and the Beltline — to halt design funding for extending the streetcar line along the Beltline’s eastside trail.
“[Reports] that suggested that MARTA, the City, and the Beltline were somehow colluding in secret to hide things from the public…Nothing could be further from the truth,” Hunt said.
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