The Maryland Transit Administration would have to divert funding from MARC commuter rail and other state transit services to complete the Purple Line if the construction contractor is allowed to quit over cost disputes, the agency’s chief testified Tuesday.
The 16-mile light-rail line connecting Montgomery and Prince George’s counties also would be delayed by at least a year and perhaps two if the state has to take it over or find a new concessionaire, officials said.
If the companies building the line and managing its construction quit, “Our effort will be to minimize the public impact to the extent that we can,” MTA administrator Kevin B. Quinn Jr. said. “But we certainly won’t be able to sustain the level of effort that [the companies] are putting in.”
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