MD: Hogan Frustrated with Purple Line Delays, Blames Judge

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday expressed frustration with the status of the Purple Line, the light rail project that’s been tangled in a legal battle for months — and suggested that a judge ruling on the project has a conflict of interest.

On Wednesday, as Hogan announced a $100 million plan to improve traffic on I-270, he was asked whether he felt the Purple Line had been delayed by his own administration’s attempt to reduce the cost of the light rail project back in 2015. Hogan disagreed with the premise of the question, and then ripped into the judge in a case involving the Purple Line.

Hogan said, “We studied [the Purple Line] as soon as I got in; we made the decision to move forward. It had not been held up in any way.”

He continued, “Now there’s a judge who happens to live at the country club that the thing runs through that’s making the decision to hold it up. It has nothing to do with us.”

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