New report says MARTA owes $865K to Atlanta, not $70 million as city's audit claims

The red, yellow, and blue sign of the MARTA

The City of Atlanta and MARTA are at odds over conflicting reports that show how much the transit agency owes the city. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

(Emil Moffatt/WABE)

MARTA is pushing back on an independent audit commissioned by the City of Atlanta that claims the transit agency has shorted $70 million for expansion projects funded by a city sales tax.

A new assessment estimates that MARTA actually owed the More MARTA transit capital fund $865,630 as of June 30, 2022.

MARTA hired the firm KPMG to assess the methodology used in the original audit, published in August and conducted by accounting firm Mauldin and Jenkins.