The Maryland Department of Transportation continues to grapple with the abrupt departure of the Purple Line’s prime subcontractor last year.
On Wednesday, the Board of Public Works approved an agency request to add $183.5 million to a management contract for the partially-built project.
The request was approved unanimously.
Purple Line Transit Partners, the consortium building the line under a 36-year contract with the state, is in the process of finding a replacement for Purple Line Transit Constructors, which quit the project last fall amid a dispute over costs.
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