Georgia lawmakers are questioning the accuracy of an audit of MARTA that led to allegations of overcharging the City of Atlanta tens of millions of dollars.

A city audit last year said the transit agency overcharged Atlanta’s Operational Fund to the tune of $70 million dollars. But MARTA’s own audit suggests a significantly lower figure of $865,000 dollars. Clearly, MARTA’s math and the city of Atlanta’s math clearly do not add up.

A new audit of the More MARTA capital fund program shows that the transit agency owes $865,630 rather than the $70 million claimed in last year’s audit from the City of Atlanta. ]According to WABE, the City of Atlanta claims the transit agency overshot its operational budget by $70 million for expansion projects funded by