Please Attend and Testify:
November 18, 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Hearing
National 4-H Youth Conference Center
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD
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Upcoming Purple Line Events
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is scheduled to make a decision regarding the route for the Purple Line in early 2009. Below is the schedule of events and hearings leading up to that decision.
October 17 – release of MTA’s four-year study known as the Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS)
November 15 – 22 – MTA hearings on AA/DEIS, at four locations
November 15 – New Carrollton
November 18 – National 4H Center, Chevy Chase
November 19 – University of Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum
November 22 – Montgomery College, Takoma Park
January 8 – Planning Board hearing and recommendation to Council on Locally Preferred Alternative (whether to build, which mode (BRT or LRT), and route)
January 14 – end of 90-day public comment period for AA/DEIS
January 22, 2-5 pm – County Council Transportation and Environment Committee work session
January 27 – County Council recommendation to Governor on Locally Preferred Alternative
February – Governor selects Locally Preferred Alternative
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