Quoted: Kaine Opposes Rebidding Dulles Rail

"I READ THAT as a lawyer, asking us to break a contract we have with someone else. That action would occasion a delay in this project and expose somebody to legal liability."

— Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, speaking to reporters on Thursday on efforts by some lawmakers to have the commonwealth solicit new bids for the proposed Dulles Metrorail extension, now that the Federal Transit Administration has indicated that the project is unlikely to get $900 million in federal funding it needs to move forward.

As The Post's Tim Craig reports, Republican Del. Joe May of Loudoun County inserted a provision into the 2008-2010 budget that would force the Virginia Department of Transportation to rebid the rail extension, a move that Kaine vows to fight.

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