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elleng

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Mon Dec 4, 2023, 04:29 PM Dec 2023

Proposed Maryland Maglev tunnel could be one of the longest passenger rail tunnels in the US.

The company pushing the $10 billion project recently reached an out-of-court settlement with a developer to build underneath a proposed mixed-use project in Westport.

High-speed Maglev trains could one day whiz underneath South Baltimore’s Westport community under a recent legal settlement, but planning documents show the proposed passenger rail tunnel would be much more extensive than just one neighborhood.

Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail — the private company pushing for a high-speed magnetic levitation train connecting New York and Washington, D.C., via Baltimore — recently reached an out-of-court settlement with Westport Capital Development that allows for construction of a rail tunnel underneath housing and mixed-use developments planned for the South Baltimore waterfront, as reported by the Baltimore Business Journal.'>>>

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/transportation/maglev-westport-passenger-train-tunnel-J3YX5G2S7ZBJVOQIHUDXCNYQGA/?

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