The Great Purple Line Thread (Chevy Chase: house, living in, legally)

[Mr Beco]

Is Purple Line dying a slow death? Trump might see to that.

[lookingbutnotlost]

Originally Posted by Mr Beco

Is Purple Line dying a slow death? Trump might see to that.

Yes, federal funding has been put on pause for transit projects that were not finalized. This was not finalized due to the NIMBYs

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by lookingbutnotlost

Yes, federal funding has been put on pause for transit projects that were not finalized. This was not finalized due to the NIMBYs

Funding has already been awarded for the Purple Line. In other words it is an approved project that is caught up in litigation. Unless I'm misunderstanding, it is not a project waiting for the approval of funds. It has passed all the governmental hurdles in terms of funding save for this one annoying lawsuit.

Not sure why they would scrap the project that has gotten this far.

I'm over it. The rich and wealthy win again. Time to move on to something else more hopeful. With all the development going on in the PUeple Line Corridor, I hope they enjoy their increasingly frustrating traffic congestion.

[bufflove]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

Funding has already been awarded for the Purple Line. In other words it is an approved project that is caught up in litigation. Unless I'm misunderstanding, it is not a project waiting for the approval of funds. It has passed all the governmental hurdles in terms of funding save for this one annoying lawsuit.

Not sure why they would scrap the project that has gotten this far.

I'm over it. The rich and wealthy win again. Time to move on to something else more hopeful. With all the development going on in the PUeple Line Corridor, I hope they enjoy their increasingly frustrating traffic congestion.

The Purple Line does not have a signed grant agreement. It was supposed to be signed in August, but has been delayed by the Chevy Chase NIMBY suit. In Trump's suggested budget outline, the Purple Line isn't funded because it doesn't yet have the signed agreement in place. Van Hollen says he expects the budget that ultimately passes won't be as batsh!t crazy as Trump's outline, but at this point who the heck knows. Everyone keeps underestimating how easily Trump/Ryan are able to turn everything into a clusterfudge.

[DoughLow805]

Just out of curiousity, I don't know much about how this works...but I do know along Riverdale Road where the Purple Line is supposedly going to be built in Riverdale, homes have been demolished and leveled on multiple city blocks...not sure if this type of movement needs the project approved but the MD DoT wasted a lot of money if this project doesn't deliver. If you drove down the street today, you would see diggers and wrecking trucks working.

[bufflove]

Originally Posted by DoughLow805

Just out of curiousity, I don't know much about how this works...but I do know along East-West Hwy where the Purple Line is supposedly going to be built in Riverdale, homes have been demolished and leveled on multiple city blocks...not sure if this type of movement needs the project approved or where funding comes from and who wasted that money if it doesn't deliver

Funding for all these years of preliminary work (everything from engineering and route design to environmental studies to right of way acquisition) has largely been paid for by the state (MDOT). It's hundreds of millions of dollars in sunk cost at this point. If Trump causes a 4 or 8 year delay in the project almost all of the studies (traffic, environmental, engineering, ridership, etc.) will have to be redone, which would be a massive waste of money.

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by bufflove

Funding for all these years of preliminary work (everything from engineering and route design to environmental studies to right of way acquisition) has largely been paid for by the state (MDOT). It's hundreds of millions of dollars in sunk cost at this point. If Trump causes a 4 or 8 year delay in the project almost all of the studies (traffic, environmental, engineering, ridership, etc.) will have to be redone, which would be a massive waste of money.

Maryland should just go at it alone. Do it in phases. Start with College Park to Silver Spring initially. Then extend it to New Carrollton. Wait for the NIMBYs in Bethesda to run out of money or die off, then extend it to Bethesda.

[DoughLow805]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.56ef0a830087

[lookingbutnotlost]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

Maryland should just go at it alone. Do it in phases. Start with College Park to Silver Spring initially. Then extend it to New Carrollton. Wait for the NIMBYs in Bethesda to run out of money or die off, then extend it to Bethesda.

MD is currently running a deficit. They cannot just do it alone.

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by lookingbutnotlost

MD is currently running a deficit. They cannot just do it alone.

Judging from the current budget proposal from the Trump administration, a lot of states are going to have to do things alone. I know that the budget probably won't pass, but I'm sure a lot of states are getting nervous right about now.