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[KevinKorell]

Washington, DC Post, 3/19/14:

Here’s the latest update on the Silver Line.

To start: No we do not yet know when Silver Line passenger service will begin. And even though the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s Board of Directors is slated to get an update on the project’s first phase at their monthly meeting this morning, we are still unlikely to have an answer.

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[CNJRoss]

WTOP radio, 3/19:

Major problems reported with Silver Line construction

WASHINGTON -- Major problems are slowing the first phase of construction of the Silver Line to the point that Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board members can no longer estimate when the subway line will be completed.

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Board members say they're getting a legal team in place in case the contractor misses another deadline.

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[KevinKorell]

This is getting ugly. I'm starting to get nervous about this not being open yet in January 2015.

[CNJRoss]

The Washington Post, 3/19:

Problems with speakers, cable add to Silver Line delays

Among the problems that must be fixed before the first phase of Metro’s new $5.6 billion Silver Line is completed: Hundreds of speakers at the five stations will have to be torn out and replaced because they don’t meet fire code. And cable that allows radio communication inside a tunnel in Tysons Corner will have to be replaced because it also does not meet code requirements.

The revelations Wednesday at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s monthly board of director’s meeting prompted former congressman Thomas M. Davis III, chairman of the panel’s Dulles Corridor Committee, to dub the ongoing saga “a soap opera” and request that the authority begin exploring its legal options.

“How close are we to substantial completion?” an exasperated Davis demanded at one point.

Project officials had no good answers.

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