The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will pay the lead contractor on the long-delayed Silver Line rail extension $207 million more as part of an agreement reached in July, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The MWAA’s board of directors in July approved spending an additional $250 million to cover cost overruns on the multibillion-dollar rail project, but the agency has declined to detail how the money will be spent, saying dollar amounts weren’t finalized and that employees who made the calculations were unavailable.
The documents The Post obtained indicate the airports authority and Capital Rail Constructors, which built the rail line, reached an agreement five days before the board voted to authorize the additional expenditure on July 20. The seven-page agreement — dated July 15 and signed by MWAA chief executive John E. “Jack” Potter — outlines how much the contractor will receive and when the payments will be made.
