October 18, 2018
Comments Off on Residents say overnight Purple Line tunneling ruins sleep
Maryland Transit Administration officials say they will not prohibit overnight excavation for the Purple Line, despite complaints from residents.
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March 21, 2018
Comments Off on Maryland to preserve bridge as symbol of segregation history
SILVER SPRING — A historic railroad bridge that served as a lifeline for a segregated African-American community just outside the nation’s capital is being torn down to make way for a light-rail line, and now the community will be deprived ...
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December 20, 2017
Comments Off on Federal appeals court rules Purple Line can go forward
Construction on Maryland's Purple Line light-rail line can keep moving forward, after a federal appeals court has ruled the state doesn't have to update an environmental study.
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November 28, 2017
Comments Off on Maryland officials sign agreement on Purple Line development
Community, public, and private stakeholders signed an agreement Tuesday promising responsible economic development, including affordable housing, along the pending Purple Line light rail project.
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September 28, 2017
Comments Off on Montgomery County officials to get update on Purple Line
ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County officials are scheduled to get an update about answers to questions of interest to people who live along the Purple Line right-of-way. A panel of Montgomery County council members is scheduled to meet Thursday. Its members ...
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August 28, 2017
Comments Off on Chao and Hogan sign Purple Line agreement
HYATTSVILLE — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan have signed an agreement to build a 16-mile light rail project in the traffic-congested Maryland suburbs of the nation’s capital. They held groundbreaking ceremony on Monday in Hyattsville. ...
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June 28, 2017
Comments Off on Judge rejects Maryland’s plea to start Purple Line construction during appeal
A federal judge Monday said his court order holding up construction of Maryland’s Purple Line will remain in effect while the state continues to fight a lawsuit opposing the light-rail project. In a 12-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard J. ...
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May 31, 2017
Comments Off on Maryland transportation secretary halts most Purple Line work
Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn has ordered a halt to much of the work on the $5.6 billion Purple Line light rail route. The decision came a day after U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s ruling to study ridership ...
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May 22, 2017
Comments Off on Federal judge orders further study before Purple Line clearance
A federal judge Monday ordered further study of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ridership before plans for the Purple Line can proceed. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Leon ruled state and federal agencies “failed to take the requisite ‘hard look’ ...
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May 15, 2017
Comments Off on Maryland seeks to force ruling by judge in Purple Line case
Maryland officials hope to force a federal judge to make a decision in a case that has blocked the state’s planned Purple Line light-rail project. The Washington Post reports that Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office filed a petition asking the ...
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