January 29, 2009: WTOP "Purple Line and VRE could benefit from stimulus package"
Submitted by VHSR on January 29, 2009 - 3:00am.
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Local dream projects that haven't made it past the planning stages won't get funding from the federal economic stimulus package, but some projects already under consideration might, including the Purple Line.
"We're looking at new projects that can be, maybe, moved pretty quickly. Perhaps with some of this economic stimulus and recovery funds that might be the case," says David Robertson, executive director of the Metropolitan Council of Governments.