This is MCMedia's (Montgomery County MD cable TV) cheap ploy to get its name out. Hit after "Silver Spring Transit Center" hit with absolutely nothing new about the Silver Spring Transit Center.
So it is with the local Washington DC news media--reporting absolutely nothing new on one of the BIGGEST ($141+ million LEMON) news stories in the region, when there are still BIG questions to be answered, namely:
- How and why did Montgomery County MD noncompetitively select private builder Foulger Pratt to build the SSTC, private engineer Parsons Brinkerhoff to design it, and private concrete inspector Balter Co. to inspect it, when most private companies are selected competitively for public works projects?
- Why did Montgomery County rush ahead with "repairs" to the LEMON SSTC in March 2013 without holding public meetings first to answer the public's questions and comments? After all, the public is paying for the LEMON SSTC.
- How and why does the 315 ft. wide by 580 ft. long SSTC not have a single expansion joint, when WMATA design and construction standards call for expansion joints to be located no farther apart than every 100 ft.?
How about reporting some real news, MCMedia and the rest of the local Washington DC news media (print, TV, radio, internet)? How about reporting answers to these questions? After all, is there a bigger story in Montgomery County than the severely flawed, grossly overbudget, grossly overdue, $141+ million, LEMON Silver Spring Transit Center? The answer is: NO.
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