The county’s first modern, electric streetcar will cost more than originally anticipated, and take longer to complete, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) officials said during a Jan. 25 meeting. The news came after the project faced a number of unforeseen challenges during its construction phase, said OCTA spokesperson Eric Carpenter. “Some of those challenges have included unknown or unmapped utilities in city streets, thicker than anticipated asphalt on streets, contaminated soil and materials such as old rail ties and the discovery of Native American bones on the project site, resulting in a temporary work stoppage in that immediate area,” Carpenter told The Epoch Times Jan. 25. “All of this has meant the project is going through the contingency fund faster than anticipated and some construction delays.” Orange County Supervisor and OCTA Director Andrew Do said that the board doesn’t know what it will encounter underground during the construction phase. “Some of those …