The Purple Line may have just suffered another postponement of its delivery date, but work isn't slowing down on the light rail project. That work will again require changes in traffic and pedestrian travel patterns on Jones Mill Road in Chevy Chase next month. Automotive traffic will be shifted to the just-completed eastern half of Jones Mill Road between Jones Bridge Road and Coquelin Terrace. A new work zone will then be established for approximately one year on the western side of the roadway, to complete a Purple Line underpass. A newly constructed sidewalk established along the northbound travel lanes will now be available for pedestrians. Please follow signage and directions from flagmen when traveling on this section of Jones Mill.
The Purple Line may have just suffered yet another postponement of its delivery date, there, fixed it for yah.
ReplyDeleteWhat they have allowed for over 4 years on Jones Mill Jones Bridge intersection borders on criminal. You take your life and your car's suspension in your hands going through there. What a fiasco.
ReplyDelete@7:41 drive a little slower and pay attention and you'll be fine. I've driven, biked, and ran through the same intersection countless times over the past few years and not once did I share any of your fears.
ReplyDeleteThe Purple Line was supposed to be completed in 2022 (5 years after breaking ground in 2017) at a total cost of about $5.6 billion.
ReplyDeleteThe timeline for opening is now 10 years at a total cost (so far) of $10 billion.
Yet another project that is way over budget with repeated extensions of the time to completion.
Why do we never learn?
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/03/04/purple-line-maryland-construction-delays.html
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/light-rail/maryland-again-delays-purple-line-opening/
The Purple Line is Larry Hogan's white elephant. Increased bus service would have better served our transportation needs at a tiny fraction of the cost, and minimal disruption of drivers and businesses. How do Republicans sustain their reputation as fiscal conservatives, all the while feathering the nests of the wealthy at taxpayers' expense?
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