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  • Apr 14 | 2022
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    Purple Line Reaches Financial Close, Full-Scale Construction to Resume Late Spring and Summer

    Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP), in close coordination with the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), announced financial close, which secures funding for the remainder of construction as well as for future operations and maintenance.

  • Jan 26 | 2022
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    Board of Public Works Approves Purple Line P3 Agreement Modification with New Design-Build Team

    The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) today unanimously approved a modification to the Purple Line Public-Private Partnership Agreement (P3 Agreement) with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), and Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) to select Maryland Transit Solutions (MTS) as the new design-build team to complete the Purple Line light rail project.

  • Nov 05 | 2021
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    Purple Line Transit Partners Selects Design-Build Contractor to Complete Purple Line

    Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP), in close partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), has selected Maryland Transit Solutions (MTS) to complete the Purple Line.

  • Mar 03 | 2021
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    Purple Line Transit Partners Short-Lists 3 Design-Build Contractor Teams

    Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP), working in close partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), announced the short-listing of three highly-qualified design-build teams to compete for the contract to finish the Purple Line.

  • Jan 08 | 2021
    Press Releases

    PLTP Takes First Step in Procuring a New Design-Build Contractor

    In collaboration with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) today took the first step in engaging a new design-build contractor to complete the project.

  • Nov 24 | 2020
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    MDOT & PLTP Reach $250 Million Agreement

    The State of Maryland and its partners – Meridiam, Star America and Fluor - today announced they have reached a $250 million agreement that settles all outstanding financial claims and terminates the current litigation between the parties regarding the Purple Line project.

  • Jan 21 | 2020
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    MTA Purple Line Celebrates Winners of Elementary School Art Contest

    Students from four elementary schools who turned images of the Purple Line rail project into award-winning art will have their work reproduced on banners displayed at project sites near their schools, the Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) announced.

  • Dec 20 | 2019
    Press Releases

    MTA Purple Line Model LRV Tour

    The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has launched a tour of its model Purple Line Light Rail Vehicle (LRV), offering groups the opportunity to host the 7-foot-9-inch display.

  • Sep 04 | 2019
    Press Releases

    MTA Purple Line First Rail Advisory

    Governor Larry Hogan and representatives from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) will take part in a ceremony to announce the installation of the first section of track for the $5.6 billion Purple Line Light Rail system between New Carrollton and Bethesda.

  • Jul 30 | 2019
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    MTA Purple Line Glenridge Beam Release

    Less than two years after Governor Larry Hogan broke ground on the Purple Line project, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and concessionaire Purple Line Transit Partners held a topping-out ceremony today, completing framework of the 170,000-square-foot Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF).