Cost estimate anomaly

flag-029 · detected Aug 7, 2026 · raised in the baseline dataset

Under review

Automated detection, human decision

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Confidence

0.80

Fires at More than 2.0 standard deviations from the mean

Requested amount

$190.0M

CRISI · FRA

Application stage

SECRETARY CONCURRENCE

47 days in stage

Times reopened

0

Not yet adjudicated

What the check looked at

Requested dollars per unit of project scope against the mean for the same project type.

The cost estimate anomaly check compares requested dollars per unit of project scope against the mean for the same project type. It fired on this application at a confidence of 0.80. The structured evidence below is everything the check looked at; the determination is the analyst's.

Evidence	Detail
Cost per unit	$257,000 per lane-mile
Program median	$127,000 per lane-mile

Confidence describes how strongly this deterministic check fired against local data. It is not an applicant risk score and is never used to rank or filter applications.

Application under review

This check evaluated a single application against reference data.

Application	FRA-CRISI-27-854
Applicant	City of Philadelphia
Project	Grade Crossing Elimination at Milepost 26
Requested	$190,000,000
Program	Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements · FRA

Adjudication

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Decision

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Applicant history

Context on the organization, so the decision is not made on one signal alone.

Organization	City of Philadelphia
Applications	6
Total requested	$1.05B
Prior awards	0
Flags cleared	0
Flags substantiated	0
Flags still open	1

Recent audit entries

This flag and its application.

REVIEWER_ASSIGNED

Aug 12, 2026 · Karen Braddock

STAGE_ADVANCED

Jul 28, 2026 · Thomas Ashby

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Jul 23, 2026 · Jonathan YamashitaHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_CLEARED

Apr 19, 2026 · Karen BraddockHuman adjudication: evidence reviewed, no further action.

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

Feb 19, 2026 · Elaine Salazar

INTEGRITY_FLAG_RAISED

Jan 21, 2026 · Marcus Castellano