Politicos talking out of both sides of their mouths in Maryland

From Action Committee for Transit:

New Purple Line Delay Revealed

Even as Lieut. Gov. Michael Steele was holding his Purple Line press conference, new delays in the Ehrlich Administration's schedule for the Purple Line came to light at a meeting of the Montgomery County Planning Board last Thursday afternoon. A staff report presented to the Planning Board revealed that the Consolidated Transportation Plan, which will be presented to Montgomery County elected officials at the state's "Road Show" next Thursday, delays the completion of Purple Line studies from 2008 to 2010. The Planning Board staff report is online.

As recently as last July 6, Maryland Secretary of Transportation Robert Flanagan told readers of the Washington Post's "Get There" blog that "a light rail might not begin construction until 2010."

Under the newly issued schedule, construction could not start before 2012. This schedule means that we're hardly any closer to riding the Purple Line than we were when Gov. Ehrlich and Lieut. Gov. Steele took office," commented Action Committee for Transit president Ben Ross.
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