Rather than wait for construction of the Purple Line to be completed — a year later than expected — Maryland officials say the light rail line will open in phases, beginning in Prince George’s County.
Ongoing construction delays, compounded by initial legal delays before the work began on the 16-mile line between Bethesda in Montgomery County and New Carrollton in Prince George’s County, have moved projections for the Purple Line’s completion from March 2022 to April 2023.
However, the Maryland Transit Administration and the private companies building the Purple Line said they would prefer to have riders on completed portions, instead of waiting for the entire project to be completed.
“We are determined to have operations by the end of 2022,” Charles Lattuca, head of project delivery for the MTA, told the Montgomery County Council’s transportation and environment committee. “It’ll be a portion, but we don’t have the ability to tell you exactly what portion yet.”
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