D.C.: Second Time's The Charm? Contractor To Submit Silver Line For Approval

The Silver Line is approaching an important milestone — again.

The contractor building the Metrorail project through Virginia's Tysons Corner says it will be ready for submission to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) as early as today, triggering a 15-day review process. If approved by the authority’s project managers, the Silver Line may finally be handed to Metro to conduct safety testing and workforce training for up to 90 days.

Second time the charm for 'substantial completion?'

This will be the second time the construction and engineering giant Bechtel says the Silver Line has achieved “substantial completion.” Its work was rejected in the previous submission in February, after inspectors found a long list of problems preventing the issuance of certificates of occupancy for the five rail stations in Tysons and Reston.

“Bechtel announced today that Dulles Transit Partners, the Bechtel-led team building Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, has made significant progress on all major work and plans to submit the project to MWAA for substantial completion designation soon,” the contractor said in a statement released late Tuesday afternoon. .................................(more)

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