"...the public knows what the problems are with the long-delayed Silver Spring Transit Center" is somewhat misleading. True, the public has KCE Structural Engineers' report that documents the extensive design, construction and inspection "errors and omissions" that resulted in a structure that can only be described as a severely flawed lemon; but, the public doesn't know WHY and HOW the 315 ft. wide by 580 ft. long SSTC doesn't have any expansion joints, even though WMATA requires them at least every 100 ft. The public also doesn't know HOW and WHY concrete got poured with no reinforcement or HOW and WHY so much water was added that the concrete is under strength. We also don't know why the private builder, engineer and inspector were selected non-competitively, when most private companies are selected competitively for public works projects. The list goes on and on. Bottom line is that the public deserves to know the hows and whys when a public works project is funded by 53% federal, 11% state and 36% local taxes and user fees. We're all stakeholders in these failed projects and we deserve to know why they failed.
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