In today's edition of Purple Line NOW News, here's what you'll find:

• What's Happening at PLN?
  • In Case You Missed the 100th Issue!
  • Can You Consider a Donation to Purple Line NOW?
• Purple Line in the News
• Happening Along the Purple Line Corridor
  • Upcoming Forum Alert
• Construction News & Project Features
  
  • Highlights from the CATS

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PLN?

Make sure to scroll down to the "Happening Along the Purple Line Corridor" section to see our big announcement about the next forum!

In Case You Missed It!

Our commemorative 100th edition was chock full of memories. In case you didn't catch the special email that went out with the link, you can still catch it here. Thanks to all who contributed by sending in memories, photos, and ideas!

Would You Consider a Donation to Purple Line NOW?

Each month, we rotate onto our Donors List those who have made a financial contribution to Purple Line NOW in the previous month. If that includes you, your name will stay on that list for a full year following your contribution. Thank you, thank you! Our budget is skinny and we do a whole lot with a little!

**If you do not see your name on our Donors List, we hope you will consider helping us continue our work!** 

We use every donation we receive to continue our newsletter, continue offering regular webinars, continue being a strong liaison to help connect you to people who can solve your issues, and continue our strong advocacy for the project in every way possible. If you would like to know more about who we are, why we are asking for donations, and what we do with your gift once it arrives on our doorstep, you can read all about it in our November newsletter.

Thank you so much for your consideration! Unless you tell us otherwise, your name will be listed on our website and in publications for a year following your donation.

THE PURPLE LINE IN THE NEWS

Goffman, E. "Montgomery and Prince George’s counties seek to expand housing affordability toolbox along Purple Line." Greater Greater Washington, 8 July 2022.

HAPPENING ALONG THE PURPLE LINE CORRIDOR

Upcoming Forum Announcement

Purple Line NOW's next forum will happen in late September and feature representatives from MDOT MTA, Purple Line Transit Partners (the concessionaire), and Maryland Transit Solutions (the new builder). We will have a date and open the sign up portal for attendees soon. This will be a virtual forum and, as always, is open and free to the public and press. We will announce that date soon, so watch this space!

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES & PROJECT FEATURES

Highlights from the Community Advisory Team Meetings

We finish up with a short summary of the summer’s final three Community Advisory Team (CAT) meetings. For this edition, we focus on the Silver Spring, Long Branch, and University Boulevard CATs, but you can see summaries of other CATS in our newsletter archives or view the entire presentation from the Purple Line team on their website.

As with the other sessions, presenters for each CAT began with a quick update of the entire line, plans for the future, and a quick look back to what has been accomplished. Again, see our previous newsletters for that overview of the entire alignment.

Silver Spring

The Silver Spring CAT meeting was held on June 21, 2022 and presented by Matthew Pollack PE, PMP, Executive Director; Gary Witherspoon, Deputy Project Director - Public Outreach; Mike Gales, Area Manager; Dwain Sanders, Operations Manager; Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

The stations in this segment include:

• Silver Spring Metro
• Silver Spring Library
• Dale Drive

Work over the past six months along this portion of the alignment included pothole and roadway resurfacing, erosion and sediment control, as well as mowing and site clean up along Ramsey Street. Sewer relocation was completed, but other utilities including, water, gas, power, and telecoms relocations continued.

Along Georgia Avenue, crews continued relocating utilities, which included underground and overhead relocations.

On Wayne Avenue, from Fenton Street to Dale Drive, Dale Drive to Manchester Place, and Sligo Creek Parkway to Plymouth Tunnel, utility relocations are continuing.

Looking ahead six months, they hope to complete water, gas, and underground relocations along Ramsey Street, Georgia Avenue, Bonifant Street, and Wayne Avenue. As we have been told, the entire project includes a massive utility relocation effort and now that we are in the nitty-gritty of construction, we see those relocations continuing all along the alignment.

Crews hope to begin utility relocations and stormwater management facilities along the CSX tracks as well as resuming work at the Silver Spring Transit Center, along with commencing work on the mezzanine.

On Bonifant Street, they hope to advance utility relocations that were not completed by MTA, and along Wayne Avenue, they will begin construction on the storm drain outfall into Sligo Creek as well as the construction of a 54’ watermain along the west side of Wayne Avenue.

Traffic will be limited to the south side of the existing bridge at Sligo Creek Bridge (over Wayne Avenue) while they begin bridge demolition of the north side bridge. Please see full presentation for diagrams of the new traffic patterns.

Long Branch

The Long Branch CAT Meeting was held on June 28, 2022 and the presenters were:

Matthew Pollack PE, PMP, Executive Director, Transit Development and Delivery; David Abrams, Director of Communications; Mike Gales, Area Manager; Manuel Merino, Area 3 Manager; Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

The stations in this segment include:

• Manchester Place
• Long Branch
• Piney Branch Road

Work over the past six months included continued utility relocations, as well as sidewalk repair and reconstruction, and site cleanup and mowing.

At Piney Branch Road, the road was resurfaced and sidewalk repair and reconstruction was completed.

Looking ahead over the next six months, overhead telecom relocations at Arliss Street and Piney Branch Road will continue. At Manchester Place Station, crews will continue the construction of the station structure and at Plymouth Tunnel, they hope to complete the concrete base for the tracks in the tunnel. They also will begin the installation of mechanical systems.

At Arliss Street, crews will begin construction of stormwater facilities, the construction of a retaining wall along the Giant property, and on Piney Branch Road, they will begin construction of Long Branch stream fish passage.

Manchester Place Rendering

University Boulevard

The University Boulevard CAT meeting was held on June 23, 2022 and the presenters were: Matthew Pollack PE, PMP, Executive Director; Gary Witherspoon, Deputy Project Director - Public Outreach; Kevin Oberheim, Construction Manager; Manuel Merino, Area 3 Manager; Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

The stations in this segment include:

• Takoma-Langley
• Riggs Road
• Adelphi Road - UMGC - UMD

Work over the past six months along University Boulevard included continued utility relocations and along Northwest Branch Bridge, crews continued bridge construction including widening, curbs, sidewalks, and drainage swales. They also installed new pedestrian signals at West Park Drive to prepare for future traffic switch, paved the bridge approach, and installed railing and deck grooving.

In the next six months, they hope to compete the remaining utility relocations along University Boulevard and begin stormwater drainage system installation at the following intersections:

• Carroll Avenue
• New Hampshire Avenue
• Riggs Road
• West Park Drive

At the Northwest Branch Bridge, they will be switching pedestrian traffic to the new bridge on the north side of University Boulevard to prepare for construction on the south bridge.

Takoma-Langley Station Rendering

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Our 100th Issue Is Finally Here!!!

Because there are so many photographs and stories that were submitted for this special commemorative issue, we pulled them all together in a PDF for easier reading and less chance of getting caught in your spam folder. We hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane with us. For you old timers (in Purple Line years, that is), some of the photographs will be bittersweet, and for those who are new to the area, but lovers of transit, we hope you find this retrospective insightful. Thank you for everyone who took the time to send photos, memories, and documents. We are grateful.

To read this special issue, you'll need to click on the link below.

Click here > Commemorative 100th Issue

 

 

 

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In today's edition of Purple Line NOW News, here's what you'll find:

• What's Happening at PLN?
  • Last Day to Enter Submissions for 100th
  • Donate to Purple Line NOW
• Purple Line in the News
• Happening Along the Purple Line Corridor
  • Community Advisory Team Meeting Schedule
• Construction News & Project Features
  
  • Highlights from the CATS

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PLN?

Last Day for 100th Issue Submissions is TOMORROW!

As you likely know by now, we are going to pause our next newsletter and instead bring you a commemorative 100th issue of Purple Line NOW News! We have had so many moving entries and there is still time (and room!) for more. The only hitch? We need to receive it by no later than COB tomorrow (Thursday, June 30). If you have been holding onto a fun photo, recent or distant memory, or document/map/literature from the beginning of this project, NOW is the time to send it in.

Thank you to those who have sent blurbs of memories from the early days (specifically, the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s!) We can't wait to share them all with YOU!

*** All Submissions Must Reach Us By TOMORROW, JUNE 30!***

Here are four questions we would LOVE for you to answer -- cut and paste into an email or just send a free-form blurb -- whatever works for you. Send to Christine Scott, Executive Director at [email protected]. Thank you! 

1) What are you most looking forward to when the Purple Line opens (besides the end of construction!)?

2) If you were around during the early years, do you have a specific memory of advocating for the project or a hurdle that the project overcame?

3) What positive changes do you expect to see in our communities once the Purple Line opens?

4) Once the Purple Line opens for passengers, which station(s) do you anticipate using most?

Would You Consider a Donation to Purple Line NOW?

Each month, we rotate onto our Donors List those who have made a financial contribution to Purple Line NOW in the previous month. If that includes you, your name will stay on that list for a full year following your contribution. Thank you, thank you! Our budget is skinny and we do a whole lot with a little!

**If you do not see your name on our Donors List, we hope you will consider helping us continue our work!** 

We use every donation we receive to continue our newsletter, continue offering regular webinars, continue being a strong liaison to help connect you to people who can solve your issues, and continue our strong advocacy for the project in every way possible. If you would like to know more about who we are, why we are asking for donations, and what we do with your gift once it arrives on our doorstep, you can read all about it in our November newsletter.

Thank you so much for your consideration! Unless you tell us otherwise, your name will be listed on our website and in publications for a year following your donation.

THE PURPLE LINE IN THE NEWS

Two news items caught our attention in the past few weeks, one we noted in our previous newsletter with regard to Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) calling for a new project labor agreement, citing promises from the prior Maryland Transportation Secretary, Greg Slater. We understand the union and concessionaire are meeting and negotiations are ongoing. We hope to have more to report later this month.

The second items comes from an online publication, Washington Monthly, which recently published an article detailing some of the hurdles the project faced, with special attention to the conflict between the state and the previous builder. For regular Purple Line NOW News readers, many of the details of the conflict that led to the departure of the builder (but not the overall concessionaire) will be familiar.

Two new pieces of reporting stand out. First, that vendor concern regarding the lawsuit had led to the inclusion of the unusual clause that allowed the builder to exit with no-fault if the project was delayed by a year or more. Second, the article posits that then Maryland Secretary of Transportation, Pete Rahn (an appointee of Governor Larry Hogan), had reached a $175 million deal that would have prevented the walk-off of the previous builder. Maryland did not comment on the article so we do not know why that deal was ultimately rejected by the state.

Under the original contract, responsibility for costs from force majeure events (a provision in a contract that frees both parties from obligation if an extraordinary event, like the pandemic, directly prevents one or both parties from performing), would have been shared. The need to compete for a new vendor after sources of new external costs, like inflation, were priced into the offers received from vendors. Thankfully, the Purple Line is now at much lower risk thanks to the removal of the provision allowing for no fault departure as well as the addition of new mechanisms to aid in preventing or managing disputes.

HAPPENING ALONG THE PURPLE LINE CORRIDOR

Community Advisory Team Meetings Over for Summer

All Community Advisory Team meetings have been held for the summer. We will let you know when the next group of meetings are slated to occur. Check out the highlights below or the full presentation for your respective area.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES & PROJECT FEATURES

Highlights from the Community Advisory Team Meetings

Below, we bring you highlights from the next two Community Advisory Team (CAT) meetings, Greater Lyttonsville/Woodside held on June 14 and College Park on June 16. As always, we encourage you to view the entire presentation which will give a more complete view of the work completed and construction plans for the next few months.

The first portion of each of these CAT meetings is an overview of progress along the entire line, including where the project is in terms of railcar production and delivery, and timeline for beginning passenger service. You can find that overview in our previous newsletter.

Greater Lyttonsville/Woodside

The presenters for this CAT meeting were: Gary Witherspoon, Deputy Project Director - Public Outreach; James Mitchell, Program Manager; Kevin Oberheim, Construction Manager; Dwain Sanders, Operations Manager; Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

We love a good rendering and several were presented during this CAT meeting, including what the Lyttonsville Station might look like when completed, as well as a rendering of a typical side platform station such as the one that will be located at 16^th Street/Woodside.

Lyttonsville Rendering

Typical Side Load Station (Woodside)

Work completed in the Woodside area included:

• Completed new waterline installation along Ballard Street
• Waterline required prior to starting larger water transmission pipe relocation
• Continued residential parking lot reconstruction

Looking ahead six months, crews will begin water and sewer relocation along the future site of the Capital Crescent Trail between the CSX tracks and 3rd Avenue. Note that notice will continue to be given to residents along Noyes Lane in advance of parking restrictions in support of the haul route.

The aforementioned residential parking lot reconstruction at Bradford Place is expected to be completed.

Construction of the Purple Line bridge deck at Rock Creek park will begin, as will the construction of a pedestrian bridge for the future Capital Crescent Trail Talbot Avenue Bridge.

Two interesting renderings of the Talbot Avenue Bridge were displayed, as well:

Talbot Ave Bridge Design

Talbot Ave Cross Section Rendering

College Park

The presenters for the June 16 Community Advisory Team meeting for College Park were: Gary Witherspoon, Deputy Project Director - Public Outreach; James Mitchell, Program Manager; Kevin Oberheim, Construction Manager; Dwain Sanders, Operations Manager; Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

Over the past six months, quite a bit of work was done along and around Campus Drive, including:

• Continued underground and overhead utility relocations (water, sewer, steam, electric)
• Completed sidewalk reconstruction along Campus Drive (near Stamp Student Union)
• Began sidewalk reconstruction
• Completed Campus Drive pump station

The surfacing along River Road was completed, as well.

The College Park Bus Loop opened for service just a few weeks ago on Sunday, June 12. The permanent bus shelters will be constructed by WMATA.

Lots of photos of the work completed can be found on the presentation, too!

College Park Station Rendering

Looking ahead over the next six months, it looks like the remaining underground and overhead utility relocations (water, sewer, steam, and electric) will be completed at the University of Maryland Campus. The sidewalk reconstruction at the Campus Drive Underpass will be completed, as will the sidewalk restoration at the Bus Loop.

Please note that over the next six months, the crews will implement Phase II of the traffic shift to one lane in each direction from Rossborough Lane to River Road to allow the installation of the eastbound LRV tracks. According to the presentation, construction is expected to take one year. Pedestrian access will not be disrupted (yay!) and notification will be given prior to the implementation of the traffic shift.

Later this month, we will complete the wrap-up of CAT meetings with Silver Spring and University Boulevard, so stay tuned for that.

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In today's edition of Purple Line NOW News, here's what you'll find:

• What's Happening at PLN?
  • Deadline Approaching!
  • Are You a Purple Line NOW Donor?
• Purple Line in the News
• Happening Along the Purple Line Corridor
  • Community Advisory Team Meeting Schedule
• Construction News & Project Features
  
  • Highlights from the CATS
  • Photos from Around the Corridor

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PLN?

We Want to Hear from YOU!

We have just TWO issues left before our 100th issue of Purple Line NOW News! Thank you to those who have sent blurbs of memories from the early days (specifically, the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s!) We need more! Pictures are particularly fun -- and if someone is rocking those muttonchop sideburns while advocating for what was (eventually) to become the Purple Line, all the better!

*** All Submissions Must Reach Us By JUNE 30!***

If you didn't catch it in our previous newsletters, we are planning a commemorative issue and want to take a stroll down memory lane -- back to the beginning of the project, when the idea of a Purple Line was just a hope and a dream. If you were around these parts back then and have photos, an anecdote or two, or even a memory of the work that went into imagining an east-west light rail train, finding support from elected officials, applying for federal funding, or any other hurdle (or achievement), PLEASE send them our way!

Here are four questions we would LOVE for you to answer -- cut and paste into an email or just send a free-form blurb -- whatever works for you. We will include as many as we can in the issue, but time is running out. Send to Christine Scott, Executive Director at [email protected]. Thank you! 

1) What are you most looking forward to when the Purple Line opens (besides the end of construction!)?

2) If you were around during the early years, do you have a specific memory of advocating for the project or a hurdle that the project overcame?

3) What positive changes do you expect to see in our communities once the Purple Line opens?

4) Once the Purple Line opens for passengers, which station(s) do you anticipate using most?

Are You A Purple Line NOW Donor?

Each month, we rotate onto our Donors List those who have made a financial contribution to Purple Line NOW in the previous month. If that includes you, your name will stay on that list for a full year following your contribution. Thank you, thank you!

**If you do not see your name on our Donors List, we hope you will consider helping us continue our work!** 

We use every donation we receive to continue our newsletter, continue offering regular webinars, continue being a strong liaison to help connect you to people who can solve your issues, and continue our strong advocacy for the project in every way possible. If you would like to know more about who we are, why we are asking for donations, and what we do with your gift once it arrives on our doorstep, you can read all about it in our November newsletter.

Thank you so much for your consideration! Unless you tell us otherwise, your name will be listed on our website and in publications for a year following your donation.

THE PURPLE LINE IN THE NEWS

Wilson, B. "Maryland’s Purple Line project is getting ready to make more noise." Railway Track and Structures, 1 Jun 2022.

Shaver, K. “Unions protest lack of labor agreement on Purple Line construction.” Washington Post, 25 May 2022.

HAPPENING ALONG THE PURPLE LINE CORRIDOR

Upcoming Community Advisory Team Meetings

Below are the dates for the remaining Community Advisory Team (CAT) meetings. Please note: these meetings will be in-person at the locations noted below.

• College Park
  June 16, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  Purple Line Project Office
  6811 Kenilworth Avenue (1st floor)
  Riverdale, MD 20737
• Silver Spring
  June 21, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
  Silver Spring International Middle School
  313 Wayne Avenue
  Silver Spring, MD 20910
• University Boulevard
  June 23, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  Purple Line Project Office
  6811 Kenilworth Avenue (1st floor)
  Riverdale, MD 20737
• Long Branch
  June 28, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  Oak View Elementary School
  400 East Wayne Avenue
  Silver Spring, MD 20901

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES & PROJECT FEATURES

Highlights from the First Two Community Advisory Team Meetings

Now that the Community Advisory Teams (CATs) are in full swing, we bring you highlights from the first two CATs with a promise to cover the rest of them in coming newsletters. As always, we encourage you to scan through the entire presentation, as well, especially if you live in or near one of the communities along the corridor. Additionally, once answers to questions that were raised during the CAT meetings are posted, we will let you know.

The first two CATs of this summer season were held last week in Bethesda/Chevy Chase on June 7 and in Riverdale/New Carrollton on June 9.

Bethesda/Chevy Chase CAT

Presenting this CAT: Anita Rodgers, Deputy Project Director, Contracting Officer; David Abrams, Director of Communications; James Mitchell, Program Manager; Scott Glass, Area 1 Manager; and Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

CAT members also had a chance to meet representatives from the new builder team, Maryland Transit Solutions (MTS). Members from our organization were able to attend both meetings, as well.

You’ll remember at the end of last year, the Board of Public Works approved the new builder as the project’s design build contractor. With financial close occurring earlier this year, we are pleased to know MTS has begun due diligence inspections of structures and site conditions along the alignment.

The Purple Line team gave an overview of what MDOT MTA has been able to advance over the past 18 months while we awaited the selection and announcement of the new builder:

• 77% of underground utility relocations
• 17 walls
• Eastern Portal of the Plymouth Tunnel and Kenwood House parking lot above the Western Portal
• Startup and commissioning of the Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility

For those of you wondering where the new light rail vehicles are in production, they also provided an update on their status:

• Assembly of 22 out of 26 light rail vehicles with 16 of those ready to ship
• Delivery to begin Fall 2023 to the Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility
• 80 seats available, 400 standing room capacity
• Low floor with wide doorways
• Flexible space and folding seats to allow for eight wheelchairs and bicycle storage

If you are like us, you already have Fall 2026 marked in ink on your calendar for when passenger service is scheduled to begin!

Looking six months ahead, the team expects to complete the Sleaford Underpass by the end of the summer, as well as completing the trail connection from East-West Highway to Kentbury Drive. The construction of stairs to the future Capital Crescent Trail will begin, lighting in the underpass will be installed, and the final landscaping around the stormwater management facility will also occur.

Bethesda Shaft

We often bring you photos of that deep Bethesda Shaft and the team gave an update specific to that portion of the project:

• Continue pre-construction investigation activities
• Mobilize office trailers and equipment to the site
• Begin site preparation for new crane and support
• Construction of enclosed temporary structure over the shaft
• Resume excavation and blasting operations (fall 2022)

Important to note, there will be public notification given prior to blasting operations.

Georgetown Branch Trail

• Resume construction of retaining walls
• Resume stormwater drainage installation
• Begin Lynn Drive culvert construction

Connecticut Avenue

• Begin construction of deck for Purple Line bridge over Connecticut Avenue
• Begin construction of pedestrian bridge for future Capital Crescent Trail

Chevy Chase Lake Drive

• Begin utility relocations
• Begin construction of stormwater management drainage and facilities
• Begin construction of noise walls from Connecticut Avenue to Jones Mill Road

Coquelin Run

• Begin construction of the culvert under the Purple Line alignment
• Begin construction of the pedestrian underpass

Jones Mill Road

• Complete remaining utility relocations
• Begin construction of the noise walls along the former Georgetown Branch Trail from Connecticut Avenue
• Resume construction of the Jones Mill underpass beginning with retaining walls

Please note: The current Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) pattern will remain in place through completion of Phase I.

Riverdale/New Carrollton CAT

Presenting this CAT meeting: David Abrams, Director of Communications; James Mitchell, Program Manager; Jeanine Ferris, Area 3 Manager; Dwain Sanders, Operations Manager; and Carla Julian, Stakeholder Manager.

Stations in this segment:

• Riverdale Park-Kenilworth
• Beacon Heights-East Pines
• Glenridge
• New Carrollton Metro

As with the previous CAT meeting, the presenting team reviewed some of the work that has been completed over the past six months including alignment-wide maintenance and upkeep, pothole/roadway resurfacing on Ellin Road and River Road, erosion and sediment control and mowing/site cleanup.

Specific to the areas along this part of the alignment, crews have continued relocating underground and overhead utilities along Kenilworth Avenue and Riverdale Road.

At the Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF), as you have seen in the many photos we have published over the past year or so, crews have continued the site grading and drainage, continued work on the parking lot, sidewalk, and curb, and completed connections to power, water, gas, and sewer to the building. Along Veterans Parkway, they have continued the WSSC waterline relocation.

Looking ahead to the next six months, by area:

Kenilworth Avenue to Riverdale Road

• Completion of underground utility relocations – water and sewer Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) work continues
• Site grading and drainage
• Parking lot, sidewalk, curb, and gutter work
• Testing of the train wash and paint booth

Veterans Parkway

• Completion of the WSSC waterline relocation by late fall 2022
• Continue utility relocations
• Begin storm drain installation
• Begin traffic signal work

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station

• Begin aerial station deck work

Baltimore-Washington Parkway

• Resume construction of retaining walls and embankments
• Begin storm drain installation

Riverdale Road

• Continue utility relocations
• Begin storm drain installation
• Reconstruct sidewalk, curb, and gutters

Veterans Parkway

• Begin stormwater management facility construction
• Begin installation of the Traction Power Substation

Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF)

• Complete storm drain systems
• Install light rail vehicle tracks
• Begin installation of the Traction Power Substation

Ellin Road

• Resume storm drain installation

New Carrollton Station

• Begin Phase 1 of parking lot reconstruction with installation of lighting
• Continue utility relocations
• Begin installation of the Traction Power Substation

We look forward to bringing you highlights from the coming CATs and answers to questions that were raised during each meeting, respectively.

Photos from Around the Corridor

Thank you to MDOT MTA for the following photos! Do you have a snap from around the corridor you'd like to share? Send them along to [email protected]. Photos must be your original. 

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