Maryland will pay the companies managing the Purple Line’s construction $100 million by Dec. 31 to settle contract disputes under an agreement.
The Washington Post reported it's part of a $250 million agreement released Friday. The newspaper reported that contract disputes caused most major work on the transit project to stop this fall.
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The part of the settlement made public did not say when the state will pay the remaining $150 million to salvage the project’s 36-year public-private partnership.
It also did not provide a time frame for when the private concessionaire must replace its construction contractor, which would allow work to resume in earnest.
No date was provided for when the 16-mile line interconnecting Montgomery and Prince George’s counties will begin carrying passengers.
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The Maryland Department of Transportation declined to elaborate on the details of the agreement, which became public as part of the state’s Board of Public Works agenda for Dec. 16.
