Maryland Department of Transportation officials revealed that light rail services will be suspended starting Friday. Officials held a press conference at 5:30pm on Thursday to officially announce the suspension. “High-voltage conduits have been punctured in our vehicles. This was discovered as a result of inspections following a fire on Oct. 21. The MTA also found problems with the cables connecting the light rail cars,” Arnold said. The cables have caused six smoke events since November 2021. Evaluations of subsequent inspections determined that further inspection of the entire light rail fleet was needed. “Caution and facilitation of rapid inspection and repair of the fleet,” Arnold said. Shuttle bus service will be implemented at all rail stations light rail starting Friday. Video below: Raw – MTA Officials Announce Suspension of Light Rail Service Mayor Brandon Scott issued a statement about the situation, saying in part, “Thousands of Baltimoreans depend on light rail to get to work, school, doctor appointments and other Crucial matters.” Parts of life. A prolonged suspension of services is simply unacceptable, and we will do everything we can to ensure the MTA addresses the necessary repairs as quickly as possible. State Sen. Cory McCray, D-District 45, also issued a statement “News of the suspension of MTA light rail services comes less than 72 hours after the Maryland Department of Transportation announced $3.3 billion in proposed budget cuts as part of its Transportation Program Overview Maryland Consolidator for Fiscal Years 2024-29. This news exacerbates the problem. “The fact that we need to invest more in our public transportation system is due to infrastructure failure rather than being done without. I wonder why the problem that transportation officials classified as a known problem was not discovered much earlier and resolved during a routine inspection,” he said in part.
Maryland Department of Transportation officials revealed that light rail services will be suspended effective Friday.
Officials held a press conference at 5:30 pm Thursday to officially announce the suspension.
“The decision to suspend service is based on two issues. First, we discovered that the high-voltage conduits in our cars had been punctured. This was discovered as a result of inspections following a fire accident on October 21,” MTA Director Holley said. Arnold said.
The MTA also found problems with the cables connecting the light rail cars. Those cables have caused six smoke events since November 2021, Arnold said.
Evaluations of subsequent inspections determined that further inspection of the entire light rail fleet was needed.
“Although the risk level remains acceptable, we are taking measures out of an abundance of caution and to facilitate a rapid inspection and repair of the fleet,” Arnold said.
Shuttle bus service will be activated at all light rail stations starting Friday.
Video below: RAW – MTA officials announce suspension of light rail service
Mayor Brandon Scott issued a statement about the situation, saying in part: “Thousands of Baltimoreans depend on light rail to get to and from work, school, doctor’s appointments and other important parts of life. Suspending services for an extended period is simply unacceptable.” “We will do everything we can to ensure the MTA makes the necessary repairs as quickly as possible.”
State Sen. Cory McCray, 45th District, also issued a statement.
“News of the suspension of MTA light rail services comes less than 72 hours after the Maryland Department of Transportation announced $3.3 billion in proposed budget cuts as part of the Maryland Unified Transportation Program Overview for Fiscal Years 2024-29. This news exacerbates Fact. “We need to invest more in our public transportation system because of failing infrastructure rather than doing without it. “I wonder why the problem that transportation officials classified as a known problem was not discovered early on and resolved during a routine inspection,” McRae said. In part.
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