Attorneys for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) responded to a federal judge’s order to reevaluate the Purple Line light-rail project by saying the judge erred in citing Metro safety issues to vacate the project’s federal approval.
Instead, the attorneys said in a court motion the FTA should have evaluated whether Metro’s issues would warrant a new environmental study rather than being ordered by the judge to conduct a new study.
The motion, filed Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in D.C., asked that that the court “correct clear error and prevent manifest injustice.”
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