D.C. Metro’s $2.8-billion Silver Line extension, already beset with months of construction delays, is now grappling with more than 400 defective concrete rail ties.

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will lead an independent review of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in an attempt to find solutions to numerous operations, governance and financial issues that increasingly have compromised service on the 118-mile Metrorail system.

What began as an investigation into the July 2016 derailment of a Washington, D.C., Metro train has uncovered several years’ worth of falsified track inspection records, resulting in dismissals or disciplinary action for more than half of the system’s track inspection staff.

Louis Berger names new chairman, sues former exec for corrupt practices penalties.

Erection of precast-concrete girders for the aerial guideway of the $2.8-billion Silver Line rail project in northern Virginia has resumed, even as an investigation continues into the cause of longitudinal cracks found in several 96-in.-high units this past summer.