DRPA, PATCO receive high narks following FTA review
Written by jrood
The Delaware River Port Authority and PATCO have received a nearly perfect review following two days of intense scrutiny by a Federal Transit Administration compliance reviewer. Twenty-two areas of compliance were reviewed and the Authority received perfect scores in 21 of those areas.
Areas reviewed include
Finance, Maintenance, Project Planning, Americans with Disabilities Act
compliance, Safety and Security, Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Employment
Opportunity Requirements. The reviewer found one weakness and that was in the
technical area such as providing sufficient reporting detail about schedules
and projects and contracts within individual FTA grants. The average number of
weaknesses is between three and five per review.
All agencies receiving federal
transit money must undergo an FTA review every three years.
The hearing officer
praised the Authority for its excellent preparation in advance of the review.
DRPA CEO and PATCO
President John J. Matheussen said, "The successful FTA review is a credit to
the dedicated men and women who make PATCO one of the most reliable and
efficient commuter rail lines in the country."
The Delaware River Port
Authority is a regional transportation agency. DRPA owns and operates the
Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges, PATCO
and the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal. The DRPA also owns the RiverLink Ferry.
