{"id":3199,"date":"2014-04-25T12:37:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:37:04","slug":"purple-line-trail-costs-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3199","title":{"rendered":"Purple Line Trail Costs Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/trafficandcommuting\/costs-to-rebuild-capital-crescent-trail-along-proposed-purple-line-route-nearly-double\/2014\/04\/24\/27470de4-cbc6-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_story.html?wprss=rss_traffic\">Washington Post<\/a> <\/em>(h\/t Center Maryland):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The estimated cost to rebuild a popular running and bike trail along a proposed light-rail Purple Line between Bethesda and Silver Spring has almost doubled, to about $95 million, Montgomery County officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The projected $45 million increase comes after Montgomery County officials have promised for years that a trail would remain, even after trains began running through what many now consider to be a wooded oasis in the heavily developed Maryland suburbs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/trafficandcommuting\/estimated-cost-of-building-light-rail-purple-line-increases-by-220-million\/2014\/03\/05\/6c4cf564-a46d-11e3-84d4-e59b1709222c_story.html\">latest in a string of increases for the Purple Line, which has doubled in price to over $2 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, both proponents and opponents of the Purple Line agree that past promises to include the running and bike trail alongside the trains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/trafficandcommuting\/costs-to-rebuild-capital-crescent-trail-along-proposed-purple-line-route-nearly-double\/2014\/04\/24\/27470de4-cbc6-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_story.html?wprss=rss_traffic\">must remain in the final plan<\/a>, as do County officials:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gary Erenrich, a special assistant to the director of Montgomery County\u2019s Transportation Department, said County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) will update his six-year capital budget proposal to reflect the higher figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re assuming the whole trail will be built,\u201d Erenrich said.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County Council member Roger Berliner (D-Potomac-Bethesda), whose district includes the trail, said its reconstruction remains \u201cinseparable\u201d from the Purple Line project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have appreciated for some time that we have a deal here,\u201d Berliner said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Washington Post (h\/t Center Maryland): The estimated cost to rebuild a popular running and bike trail along a proposed light-rail Purple Line between Bethesda and Silver Spring has almost doubled, to about $95 million, Montgomery County officials said Thursday. 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