MWAA Admits Dulles Rail Phase 1 Is Behind Schedule

Having been "outed" in several Washington area newspapers as noted in this Reston 2020 post, the MWAA Board of Directors and their Dulles Transit Partnership (DTP--Bechtel, et al) finally admitted on October 6 that construction of Phase 1 of Dulles rail is behind schedule.

How much of a delay will they admit to?  NINE DAYS!  This despite a DTP progress report in July that said Phase 1 was as much as 188 days (six months-plus) behind schedule according to the Washington Examiner.

This Washington Business Journal article by Tucker Echols highlights this and other conflicts between MWAA and DTP.  It begins:

Officials with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is supervising construction of the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport, said Wednesday that the project’s completion date has been delayed. That confirms something that has been assumed for some time.

Still at issue is the length of the delay, The Washington Post reported. The airports authority said Wednesday that completion would be pushed back nine days, from July 31, 2013, to Aug. 9, 2013. The lead contractor, Dulles Transit Partners, is less optimistic. It estimated in a progress report last month that the delay could reach six months.

The varied delay estimates highlight a strain between MWAA and its contractor. . . .

For the rest of this article, click here.