Anonymous wrote:It’s a joke. Absolute joke. All the development that is supposed to be mitigated by the Purple Line is built now while developers pay no impact taxes. Meanwhile lThe Purple Line has no defined timetable for competition, the person in charge in the state of MD left and the PPP partnership has splinters and the state had to pay off one equity partner for a settlement to try and keep the remaining joint partners involved. It’s now hemorrhaging money and becoming a massive white elephant.

+1 Stupid project with stupid people managing it.

Anonymous wrote:Amazed that light rail can take so long to build on what was an existing rail line...

+1

Anonymous wrote:Blame the folks in Chevy Chase who sued the state, the county and everyone else for more than a decade.

All those conservative NIMBYs right. Oh wait. It’s one of the most liberal communities in America. I bet every yard though has a BLM, we reject hate, sign. Extolling how they are all in on the side of right, this that, and should be building more, and less cars.

Amazed that light rail can take so long to build on what was an existing rail line...

2024 for Chevy Chase portion to tie into Bethesda

Anonymous wrote:I just saw on Wikipedia (yea, I know, gimme a break) that they think it might take until 2027 to open the purple line connecting bethesda to silver spring and college park.... how can that be?? ii was really hoping for 2023 .. at this rate, it will have taken less time to build the pyramids...

OP, did you consider reading the article linked in the Wikipedia sentence, which would make it clear that the Wikipedia sentence was factually incorrect?

Under the Maryland Transit Administration’s request to the Board of Public Works, the end of the consulting contract would be extended from mid-2023 to mid-2027 — the first time the MTA has signaled that the line’s completion is potentially four years behind schedule. The line was initially scheduled to begin carrying passengers in March 2022, but the consulting contract would extend about a year beyond any opening date.

However, Henson downplayed that timing, saying the Purple Line won’t have a new construction schedule and opening date until a new design-build team is chosen. She said the state is seeking the consulting contract extension to “ensure proper oversight” until after the line begins operating, but the team’s work “may very well not go through” 2027.

What's with the poster who can't read any news articles on the PL from the past two years?

The Purple Line is just a preview of the construction boondoggles that will result with the federal infrastructure bill.

The US builds infrastructure at an absolutely snail’s pace. Meanwhile China used more concrete in 3 years recently than the US did in an entire century. The US is truly becoming dysfunctional for any public project that requires long-term coordination and effort. The only thing we seem to be able to do is fund private-public partnerships with extremely high levels of extrinsic motivation and very narrow deliverables that only depend on the competency of a few people (eg the vaccine). even then we massively f-up the basics often (eg the J&J factory failures in basic industrial hygeine.) We have no discipline or drive; the only time we succeed is when it’s a project that we literally throw unlimited money at.

The article cited for the 2027 date doesn't make it sound like 2027 is the current expectation to me(https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2021/06/11/maryland-purple-line/). It's a 2027 end date for a consultant role that includes oversight after it starts running and which they say might be unnecessary. Who knows though; until something is built it could always go longer. I live along the route I'm looking forward to using whenever it does open.

Marc Elrich will be term limited by then so sounds about right.

2024

It’s a joke. Absolute joke. All the development that is supposed to be mitigated by the Purple Line is built now while developers pay no impact taxes. Meanwhile lThe Purple Line has no defined timetable for competition, the person in charge in the state of MD left and the PPP partnership has splinters and the state had to pay off one equity partner for a settlement to try and keep the remaining joint partners involved. It’s now hemorrhaging money and becoming a massive white elephant.

Blame the folks in Chevy Chase who sued the state, the county and everyone else for more than a decade.

I just saw on Wikipedia (yea, I know, gimme a break) that they think it might take until 2027 to open the purple line connecting bethesda to silver spring and college park.... how can that be?? ii was really hoping for 2023 .. at this rate, it will have taken less time to build the pyramids...