Reporter sues Purple Line over sewage leak, claims book materials lost
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Reporter sues Purple Line over sewage leak, claims book materials lost
A Washington Post reporter is suing the Purple Line builders consortium and another contractor after a sewer line near his home was punctured in January 2020, flooding his basement and destroying irreplaceable notes, interviews and documents related to two books he was working on, according to a lawsuit.
Lost forever are materials Scott Higham, a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter with the Post for more than two decades, needed to write books that could have brought in hefty advances, movie deals or other media projects, according to one of Higham’s attorneys, Jeffrey Stickle of McCarthy Wilson LLP. [Washington Business Journal]
Posted: January 22, 2021
HAGERSTOWN, MD (January 22, 2021) – On behalf of the Maryland Department of Transportation – State Highway Administration, the Washington County Highway Department announces a road closure at the railroad tracks on Spielman Road. The road will be closed for work on the railroad tracks on Tuesday, January 26, and Wednesday, January 27, 2021, weather permitting.
MD 63 SB Traffic will be directed to NB MD 632, turn right/East at the MD 68 intersection. Proceed to the intersection of MD 65, turn right/South on MD 65. Detour ends at the intersection of MD 63.
MD 63 NB Traffic will be directed to NB MD 65, turn left/West onto MD 68. Proceed on MD 68 to MD 632 intersection and turn left/South on MD 632. Detour ends at the MD 63 intersection.
Concerned about infrastructure standards not keeping up with the reality of climate change, Sen. Sarah Elfreth has introduced a bill that calls for updating the data used to inform regulations and updating it every five years.
State Commits to Funding Redesign of Georgia Avenue Corridor
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The Maryland Department of Transportation has committed $1.6 million to finish redesigning the Georgia Avenue corridor in Montgomery Hills and Forest Glen, according to a press release distributed by state Del. Jared Solomon (D-District 18).
th Street to Forest Glen Avenue.
The work will include narrowing traffic lanes, adding a raised and landscaped median, sidewalks on both sides of the road and a two-way bike track on the west side of Georgia, along with a new traffic signal at Flora Lane.
SHA will eliminate the reversible center lane, currently used for left turns, creating three through lanes in both directions with dedicated turn lanes.