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Final Metro maintenance surge set for late June

WASHINGTON — The Red Line between Shady Grove and Twinbrook will be shut down for a week in late June for the final scheduled 24/7 surge of Metro’s current 13-month work program.

Metro says the shutdown will be from June 17 to June 25.

This follows the current work zone — a shutdown of the five Orange Line stations east of Stadium-Armory. That work runs through mid-June.

Metro does not have any immediate, specific plans for more round-the-clock work zones, but General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has said major capital projects could continue to impact riders.

Audit: Metro put millions of federal dollars at risk in failed Buy America program

WASHINGTON — Oversight and contracting failures at Metro risked an immediate loss of millions in federal funding, a new audit report from Metro’s Office of Inspector General found. The audit of Metro’s Buy America contract award and oversight process found $68 million in bus, paratransit or rail car vehicle and parts purchases did not meet federal contracting requirements, and $517 million of the $1.4 billion in contracts reviewed did not follow the Federal Transit Administration’s nonbinding suggested best practices.
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