Top Maryland transportation officials expressed optimism that when work on the Purple Line resumes this spring, the project will be able to avoid a repeat of the issues that have caused significant construction delays and cost overruns.
Late last month the Board of Public Works approved a contract with Maryland Transit Solutions (MTS), a newly formed consortium. The pact, once finalized, will allow full-scale construction on the project, which runs between Bethesda and New Carrollton, to resume in the coming months.
MTS will pick up where the original primary subcontractor, Purple Line Transit Constructors (PLTC), left off when they quit the project in 2020 due to a cost dispute.
At a hearing on Friday, members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Environment were told that the state’s contract with MLS no longer has language allowing its primary subcontractor to quit the project due to a protracted dispute.
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