Six teams compete to build, operate light-rail Purple Line in public-private partnership

By Katherine Shaver
 

Six teams of private companies have begun to compete for a long-term contract to design, build, operate and help pay for a light-rail Purple Line in the Maryland suburbs, state officials said Wednesday.

The companies met a deadline Tuesday to submit a “Statement of Qualifications” detailing their ability to carry out such a contract on a 16-mile rail line planned between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Maryland Department of Transportation officials said they plan to narrow the group to four or fewer teams that will be invited to submit detailed proposals. That “short list” is to be announced early next month.

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