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The 16-mile route, built as light-rail, is expected to cost about $1.2 Prince George’s County Council had already endorseedthe light-rail option. Some Chevy Chase, Bethesda and Silvedr Spring residents have pushed fora rapid-busz option instead, arguing that the rail was too too noisy or too disruptive to a bike trai or nearby houses. The line would connect Metro’s Red and Green lines, several Marc train and would give the rail serviceon campus. State transity officials will make the decision on fundingf sometime between May and Jack Calahan, spokesman for the , said the loca consensus for rail will be factorexd into the decision.
The county, state and federall governments are expected to sharre the costs ofthe line, but some of the money Montgomer y County spent years ago on buying right-of-wah will be counted. It is too early to say if more localk contributions willbe required, Calahan “What you’re looking at is a huge amount of money,” he The light-rail project will have to compete on the federal levelk with projects from around the and Maryland’s state transportation funding has been hurt by droppiny revenues, the earlier projection of a possible startr date -- 2012 -- is no longer valid. “That was before the economyg went south,” Calahan said.
“It’s probably overlhy optimistic.” No new date has been he said. Ridership on a light-rail Purple Line is projectedat 63,000 dailh -- about 43,000 currently ride slower buses along the
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