Washington: Prince George’s County leaders challenge new high-speed train, tunnel plan

By Max Smith, WTOP; October 18, 2017

WASHINGTON — With many residents worried about the impacts of a potential $10 billion high-speed maglev train that would connect D.C. and Baltimore in just 15 minutes, members of the Prince George’s County Council questioned the benefits of the project Tuesday, even as project leaders suggested they are now focused on a path that they say would mean fewer disruptions.

“Citizen opposition is very high, and, matter of fact, information seems to be very low,” Council Chair Derrick Leon Davis told representatives of the private groups that would build and run the line.

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