(Source: Streetsblog San Francisco, November 26, 2018)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority needs to move more managerial tasks in-house, according to an 87-page report from the California State Auditor, released shortly before this year’s Thanksgiving break. “Under its current structure, the Authority’s contract managers experience high rates of turnover and receive little oversight… Although the [Rail Delivery Partner] RDP consultants assist in contract management, they may not always have the State’s best interests as their primary motivation,” wrote Elaine M. Howle, California’s State Auditor. The RDP, the project’s outside contract managerial consultants, was awarded the contract back in 2015 and is led by Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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