More than 1½ years since the contractor building Maryland’s Purple Line quit in a dispute over delays and cost overruns, a new construction team is gearing up to complete the first direct suburb-to-suburb rail line in the Washington region.
The Maryland Transit Administration has continued overseeing some work, such as moving utility lines. However, a team led by the American subsidiaries of Spanish firms Dragados and OHL will complete most of it. Construction will cost the state $3.4 billion — up from the original $2 billion — and remains more than 4½ years behind schedule.
Reviving a megaproject that has lain mostly dormant since September 2020 is no small feat. It requires bringing in staff and equipment from around the country to rev up 16 miles of abandoned construction sites.
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