STOP! Don't make the same mistake twice! Get a court injunction. Don't allow even more federal, state and local public money to be wasted on a public-private partnership for METRO's Purple Line.
While Montgomery County presses ahead with "repairs" to the severely flawed SSTC, the public, who are paying more than retail for the lemon SSTC, haven't even been given the opportunity to ask their questions and make their comments on the public record. Neither Montgomery County, the Federal Transit Administration nor the Maryland Transit Administration have held public meetings to answer our questions and take our comments.
Before Montgomery County, MD and the federal government waste more public $ on another public-private partnership, METRO's Purple Line, we, the public, want answers to our questions!
- Why did Montgomery County select Foulger Pratt to build the SSTC instead of bidding it for construction, like most large public works' projects?
- Why did Montgomery County noncompetitively select Parsons Brinkerhoff to design the SSTC and Balter Co. to test and inspect concrete and to serve as special quality inspector for the SSTC, instead of selecting an engineer and an inspector using the normal competitive process for selecting professional service firms for large public works' projects?
- Were political contribution$ part of the $election proce$$?
- Why are Montgomery County, the Federal Transit Administration and the Maryland Transit Administration funding "repairs" for the SSTC when the public was promised a brand new, unflawed transit center?
- Why are Montgomery County, the Federal Transit Administration and the Maryland Transit Administration funding "repairs" for the SSTC when the "repairs" don't address the source of the problem, that the SSTC doesn't have expansion/contraction joints, and will continue to crack in the future, making the SSTC expensive to operate and maintain?
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| METRO's Purple Line |
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| Silver Spring Transit Center |
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