After losing its prime subcontractor in a dispute over cost-overruns, the consortium building the Purple Line is one step closer to finding a replacement.
Five construction companies expressed interest in picking up where Purple Line Transit Constructors left off when it quit the light rail project in September.
Purple Line Transit Partners, the Riverdale-based consortium responsible for the project, has deemed three of them qualified to submit a formal bid.
The decision was made in “close partnership” with the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration, according to a joint statement released on Wednesday.
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