Greenbelters expressed their opposition, support and questions about the SCMaglev proposal to Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR) representatives on Tuesday, April 3. The city council chambers were so packed with residents that some sat on the floor.
It was the second time that BWRR representatives have appeared in front of the Greenbelt City Council. Mayor Emmett Jordan noted his disappointment that representatives from the Maryland Department of Transportation did not respond to their invitation to attend the public forum.
“They are the ones who are running the environmental impact study and I have not seen them at any public meeting over the course of the last four or five months,” Jordan said.
Residents were given three-minute turns at the microphone to publicly voice their opinions on the magnetic levitating high-speed train that would tunnel under Greenbelt to connect Washington to Baltimore within 15 minutes.
Read more of this story in the April 12 News Review.
