Beware of public statements from those who have ties to the SSTC and to Montgomery County—the County Executive, the County Council, Mr. Dise, Mr. Duncan, political candidates, paid contractors and consultants, pro bono advisors, WMATA, news media, etc. Only an independent investigation by those who don’t have any political, financial or other interests in Montgomery County or the SSTC, or to other parties involved with the project (e.g. Federal Transit Administration and Maryland Transit Administration) can be expected to uncover why the SSTC has so many serious defects.
The investigation needs to start with why the SSTC wasn’t bid for construction (the norm for public works projects) and why and how the contractor, engineer and concrete inspector/tester were selected without the competition that is typical for large public works projects.
The public, both inside and outside Montgomery County, that paid and are paying for the SSTC (53% federal, 11% state, 36% county), want to know why their public taxes and user fees were wasted on the lemon SSTC.
And, the public, except for clueless political partisans who can't think for themselves, wants the $120+ million that's been wasted on the seriously flawed, lemon SSTC reimbursed to the public coffers from which it came.
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