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Monday, July 08, 2013

Franchot Dubious About Long-Promised Bethesda Metro South Entrance

A visibly skeptical and hesitant Comptroller Peter Franchot ultimately sided with the governor and treasurer on the Board of Public Works and approved $2.3 million of funding that went to the “fabled long-awaited” South Entrance to the Bethesda Metro station, as he put it. The entrance would connect the end of the proposed Purple Line to the Red Line.

The money towards the long put-off project was a part of $21 million approved for additional spending on seven active Maryland Transit Administration contracts in a Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday. It extends each contract by 18 months, including three contracts that collectively sent millions towards the Montgomery County Metro project.

Franchot wanted to make sure the contracts were “managed properly” and that the state is not “simply spending dollars because there are some hungry consultants out there.”

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Anonymous said...

Dear Eastern shore voters Are you happy you Voted For those jerks Your tax dollars at work across the bay as usual. Look how long it took to get the highway fixed on route 113 and how many deaths We need to step up to the plate all we are is a Doormat. We have to fight for everything we get. Disgusting