Maryland’s light-rail Purple Line remains on schedule to begin carrying passengers in the fall of 2022, despite construction starting a year late, a top state transit official said Thursday.
Charles Lattuca, who oversees construction for the Maryland Transit Administration, said the state and the project’s contracting team, Purple Line Transit Partners, are discussing ways to accelerate what was to be about 5½ years of work. So far, he said, they don’t think any additional time will be necessary.
“I think we’re going to be able to do it,” Lattuca told the Montgomery County Council’s transportation committee during a briefing on the project’s progress.
Fred Craig, chief executive of Purple Line Transit Partners, sounded a more cautious note, saying the October 2022 opening date remains the contractor’s “goal.”
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