A high-speed magnetic levitation train line that would run from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., remains a possibility after the company planning to build the project won an appeal in its case seeking to condemn land in Westport.
Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals, the state’s second-highest court, ruled Friday that a lower court judge erred in her decision to dismiss a condemnation case that would have put plans for a maglev train line in jeopardy. The case now goes back to the Baltimore City Circuit Court for further proceedings.
Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), the company that wants to build the maglev, filed a lawsuit last year seeking to condemn 43 acres of land in Westport that it claims is needed for the proposed route. Monkton-based Stonewall Capital, which owns the property off Kloman Street, is planning a major redevelopment of the South Baltimore waterfront.
