The state of Maryland is hanging Prince George’s County out to dry as the region prepares for a two-week Metro track shutdown, County Executive Rushern Baker said Thursday.
Baker said the state has not done enough to supplement the county-run bus system or the state-run MARC service ahead of the track repairs that will cut off Blue, Orange and Silver line service between D.C. and Prince George’s County beginning this weekend.
And he has yet to hear what specific actions the state could take to ease the effects of the Metro work.
Baker’s comments come a day after Gov. Larry Hogan criticized the Democrat in public remarks in Oxon Hill. The governor came to Prince George’s County to announce work on a new interchange on Route 210. But Baker said he was not invited.
The public spat highlights key differences in priorities between the state’s urban Democrats and Hogan, a Republican and former businessman from Anne Arundel County.
At the event, the governor touted more than 70 road projects planned in the county totaling $923 million.
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