Three-judge panel ruling, which allows construction of $5.6-billion Purple Line to restart, was close to an Aug. 1 state deadline to decide the project's future.
The Trump administration has taken a significant step toward undoing a
controversial 2015 rule that aimed to clarify the scope of federal authority over
rivers, wetlands and other bodies of water.
Virginia will spend $18.6 billion to study, develop and build more than 3,600 transportation projects through 2023 under the latest Six-Year Improvement Program approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Virginia will spend $18.6 billion to study, develop, and build more than 3,600 transportation projects through 2023 under the latest Six-Year Improvement Program approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Claiming that the Purple Line is nearing a “crisis point,” Maryland transportation officials have asked a federal appeals court to issue an emergency order allowing construction to begin on the stalled $5.6 billion light-rail project.
