Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) says the public comment period for the Purple Line Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has been extended 15 days, with the comment period now ending Oct. 21, 2013.
Maryland’s proposed Purple Line light rail transit route spanning two counties north of Washington, D.C., still is facing resistance from Chevy Chase, Md., near the route’s western terminus of Bethesda.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, that the Old Line State will allocate $689 million to Baltimore’s planned light rail Red Line, as part of a $1.5 billion investment in transport projects in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) MARC rail operations will add weekend service on its Penn Line, part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, beginning Dec. 7, 2013, MTA said Tuesday, Sept. 3.