In his first public comments on the Purple Line since the collapse of the state’s relationship with its prime contractor, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) pledged that the rail project will resume — and that it will be completed.
“We’re going to continue to move forward,” Hogan said. “We have a whole group of great construction companies that want to finish the job. The state is going to finish the job.”
A bitter dispute between the state and its prime contractor, Purple Line Transit Constructors, over nearly $800 million in cost overruns, has brought work on the 16-mile Montgomery-Prince George’s line to a halt. The two sides are now suing one another in court.
The governor said “there may be a delay as we switch over, but it’s much better than having an operator in there that’s not getting the job done [and] that’s overcharging the taxpayers.”
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