The city of Greenbelt made its view clear two years ago when it officially said “no” to the proposal for a high-speed train that would connect the nation’s capital and Baltimore in 15 minutes. It joined several other small jurisdictions in Prince George’s County in opposing the maglev project.
Now the city of 23,000, perhaps best known as the home of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is enlisting legal counsel to stop the proposal before it makes any more headway in 2020, when the federal government is expected to release a defining review of the project.
“We are willing to do whatever it takes and spend whatever it takes within reason to defend our residents’ interest as it relates to stopping this maglev,” Mayor Colin Byrd said.
Last month, Greenbelt issued a request for services to attorneys and law firms willing to take on the fight.
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