Maglev Wins at Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Last Friday, March 4, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled in favor of Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), the developer of the proposed high-speed magnetic levitation train line planned to run between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. It said that Circuit Court Judge Kendra Ausby erred when she prevented BWRR from condemning 43 acres of […]
Mayor Byrd: Council Suffering “Paralysis by Analysis” on Maglev
At Monday night’s city council meeting, council held a half-hour long discussion on project developments related to the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project. The only consensus reached appeared to be to continue to oppose the project, to continue to attempt to find outside legal help and to hold a worksession in the near future to discuss […]
Maglev Snubs Local Officials; Changes Threaten Forest
Local elected officials – the District 22 State Delegation, Prince George’s County Council and the Greenbelt City Council – have made known their opposition to the construction of the high-speed maglev train. Thus, it was disconcerting for them that they were not informed of Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail’s (BWRR) meeting via Zoom on July 20 […]
MDOT presenta libramiento propuesto y el Plan de expansión I-270
Translation by Carolina Napp-Aveili and Ana Napp Greenbelt tiene mucho en juego con el plan del Gobernador Hogan de agregar carriles adicionales al Beltway y a la I-270. El 17 de julio, el Departamento de Transporte de Maryland, MDOT (por sus siglas en inglés), organizó un taller público en Eleanor Roosevelt High School para presentar […]
Backhoes to Red Wigglers At Public Works Open House
Greenbelt Day 2018 At the Public Works Open House last Saturday people could get up close to the equipment staff uses every day to serve the citizens of Greenbelt. Tony Finley demonstrated backhoes, sweepers, tractors and lawn mowers for street cleaning and lake clean-ups and for park, playground and athletic field upkeep. Mike Barnes helped […]