After years of construction delays, the Sarbanes Transit Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, opened about two years ago, but the legal battle over those delays just got started in court Wednesday. Chris Gordon reports.
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- Montgomery County will receive a $25 million payment, county executive Ike Leggett said in a statement.
- The county claimed faulty design compromised the structural integrity of the building.
- The building contractor countersued for $10 million.
The legal conflict over the Sarbanes Transit Center in Silver Spring has been settled, Montgomery County announced Tuesday.
The county will receive a $25 million payment to cover 90 percent of cost overruns and damages, County Executive Ike Leggett said in a statement.
"This is very much in the public interest,” Leggett said.
The county and the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority sued the general contractor, designer and other subcontractors for $40 million in cost overruns and damages and for defects in the design and construction.
They claimed faulty design compromised the structural integrity of the building. A new construction company was brought in to fix the concrete and steel beams. The transit center was delayed for years in opening.
The building contractor countersued for $10 million.
