http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dgs/resources/sstc-report-march-15-2013.pdf
Is any of this news to you? If so, why?
Have you been deceived?
All is not lost.
On Tuesday January 13, 2015 at 1:30 PM a public hearing will be held at the Montgomery County Council Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Avenue, in Rockville. The purpose of the public hearing is to present for approval a "supplemental appropriation and CIP amendment for $16,750,000" for "repairs" to the severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center. Those who wish to testify must call 240-777-7803 by 1/12/15 at 5 pm.
For those who are unable to attend, send your letters to George Leventhal, Chairman, Montgomery County Council, and ask that your letter be made part of the public record for the hearing.
It's way past time to stop the madness, and the bleeding, to pull the plug, and to cut the public's losses with the overdue, over-budget, severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center.
SHOW UP on Tuesday, Jan. 13 @ 1:30 PM
- widespread cracking in concrete slabs, beams, girders and columns
- understrength and overstressed concrete
Concrete test reports prepared during construction show the same data for multiple samples. Post-construction concrete tests, conducted in connection with KCE's report, document concrete that is both under-strength (less strength than specified in the construction documents) and over-stressed (more post-tensioning force than specified applied during construction).
- exposed reinforcement
- missing reinforcement
Closure slabs were poured without steel reinforcement.
- deck slabs that are more than an inch thinner than what they're supposed to be (10 inches thick)
- complete lack of expansion joints
WMATA requires expansion joints be spaced no more that 100 ft. apart. The 315 ft. by 580 ft. SSTC has none.
- design errors and omissions
- construction errors and omissions
- concrete inspection and testing errors and omissions
- project and construction management errors and omissions http://silverspringtransitcenter.blogspot.com/2014/09/deficiencies-in-project-management-in.html
Is any of this news to you? If so, why?
Have you been deceived?
- by Montgomery County staff?
- by Montgomery County's elected officials?
- by the news media?
- Or, perhaps you just haven't been paying attention.
All is not lost.
On Tuesday January 13, 2015 at 1:30 PM a public hearing will be held at the Montgomery County Council Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Avenue, in Rockville. The purpose of the public hearing is to present for approval a "supplemental appropriation and CIP amendment for $16,750,000" for "repairs" to the severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center. Those who wish to testify must call 240-777-7803 by 1/12/15 at 5 pm.
If Montgomery County's executive and council have their way, then $16,750,000 will be taken from the general fund, and $5,000,000 will be taken from other public works projects, to pay for "repairs" to the overdue, overbudget, severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center.
Is it worth it? Is it worth raiding the general fund of public money designated for "teacher, police and firefighter salaries and benefits; protection of the environment; important health initiatives; and much more"? Is it worth diverting funds from other well-designed and well-constructed public works projects for a severely flawed LEMON, a glorified parking garage on life support? Is it worth sucking public coffers dry to pay for extraordinarily high operations and maintenance costs, more "repairs", legal costs and other unknown extra expenses for the next five decades or more?
The clear answers to these questions are NO.
Are you going to let Montgomery County's executive and council have their way and raid the general fund and other projects to fund "repairs" to the LEMON SSTC? I hope not.
Let's have a BIG turnout from those inside and outside Montgomery County whose taxes and user fees have been spent for poor engineering design (Parsons Brinkerhoff), poor construction (Foulger Pratt, subcontractors), poor inspection and testing (Balter Co.), poor management (Montgomery County, Maryland Transit Administration, Federal Transit Administration), needed structural evaluations--because of the poor design, construction, inspection, testing and management--(KCE Structural Engineers, subconsultants, surveys, sampling, testing, etc.) and ill-advised "repairs" to the severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center.
Is it worth it? Is it worth raiding the general fund of public money designated for "teacher, police and firefighter salaries and benefits; protection of the environment; important health initiatives; and much more"? Is it worth diverting funds from other well-designed and well-constructed public works projects for a severely flawed LEMON, a glorified parking garage on life support? Is it worth sucking public coffers dry to pay for extraordinarily high operations and maintenance costs, more "repairs", legal costs and other unknown extra expenses for the next five decades or more?
The clear answers to these questions are NO.
Are you going to let Montgomery County's executive and council have their way and raid the general fund and other projects to fund "repairs" to the LEMON SSTC? I hope not.
Let's have a BIG turnout from those inside and outside Montgomery County whose taxes and user fees have been spent for poor engineering design (Parsons Brinkerhoff), poor construction (Foulger Pratt, subcontractors), poor inspection and testing (Balter Co.), poor management (Montgomery County, Maryland Transit Administration, Federal Transit Administration), needed structural evaluations--because of the poor design, construction, inspection, testing and management--(KCE Structural Engineers, subconsultants, surveys, sampling, testing, etc.) and ill-advised "repairs" to the severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center.
For those who are unable to attend, send your letters to George Leventhal, Chairman, Montgomery County Council, and ask that your letter be made part of the public record for the hearing.
It's way past time to stop the madness, and the bleeding, to pull the plug, and to cut the public's losses with the overdue, over-budget, severely flawed, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center.
SHOW UP on Tuesday, Jan. 13 @ 1:30 PM
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