The state will use unspent money from existing budgets to offset projected revenue shortfall caused by a referendum cutting car-tab registration and excise fees in the state.

The decision follows a previous move to cut $50 million in transportation projects from the state budget.

The project, in a former industrial area, was already problematic.

D.C. area transit authority analysis of $2.8B Silver Line cites safety and other concerns that contractors and oversight agency have failed to address.