Montgomery County officials said it’s possible some transportation projects will have to be delayed in the county to help cover the price of a new mezzanine for the Purple Line, which is now expected to cost more than 20 times the original estimate.
As the Washington Post first reported earlier this week, the cost estimate for a mezzanine that is to be built at the Bethesda Metro station has ballooned from an initial estimate of $2.4 million to $52 million dollars.
There is currently only one mezzanine at the Bethesda Metro station. It includes faregates and a station manager’s booth, and it connects to separate escalators/elevators that riders can use either to travel to the Metrorail platform or to the street above.
The current mezzanine is on top of the north end of the Bethesda Metro station; the future second mezzanine will be built on top of the south end of the station platform and will have an elevator that connects to a future Purple Line station, which will be along Elm Street in downtown Bethesda.
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