I think you misunderstood, the $24 Million is just for the Payoffs and Kickbacks!
Austin TX City Council just approved $15 million dollars to be spent on a study on adding two light rail lines. The one we have here now loses about $12 million a year. I would do the study for $1.5 million and tell them the lines will cost more than the voters will approve. They have voted them down twice already.