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Who Will Finish Maryland’s Purple Line? Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
A design-build contractor team will be selected in June for the litigation-plagued Purple Line light rail project in Maryland. A financial agreement is expected to wrap up in September. (Pictured: Purple Line construction work in Bethesda.)
Three design-build contractor teams have been short-listed to complete Maryland’s Purple Line, a 16.2-mile, 21-station light rail project that has been plagued with litigation.
The move follows a $250 million settlement that MDOT reached Nov. 24 with the three companies connected with PLTP, which holds the P3 (public-private partnership) agreement with MDOT MTA to design, build, finance and operate the project that will run from Bethesda to New Carrollton. The conflict centered on delays and $800 million in cost overruns. The Board of Public Works approved the settlement on Dec. 16, which kicked off work t
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