While the Purple Line light rail is expected to be completed around 2027, Montgomery County officials say they don’t want to wait that long for repairs to the roads damaged by the project.
Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass (D-At-large) urged action to help drivers and pedestrians safely commute past and around construction of the 16.2-mile light-rail transit line that stretches from Bethesda to New Carrollton.
Officials said some of the more troublesome areas include University Boulevard between College Park and Silver Spring, while Olson said problems exist along Veterans Parkway, East-West Highway, and Riverdale Road.
“We have to make sure that these current states of disrepair are fixed in an equitable manner,” Glass said at a Sept. 20 virtual meeting of the Purple Line NOW Coalition. The coalition is a group of business, labor, environment, neighborhood and civic organizations that work with federal, state and local officials on the project.
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