East Bay officials unhappy as BART keeps Irvington station plans on ice

FREMONT — A more than 30-year wait for East Bay residents will get even longer before they can use a planned Irvington BART station in Fremont — with a major funding gap putting the project on hold indefinitely, evaporating hopes for an opening early in the next decade.

Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Fremont, recently scolded BART for what she calls a “failure” to apply for state Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grant money to help pay for the long-awaited Irvington station. BART...