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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transpor ... ct-paused/ Accessed 2021-05-31.The Federal Railroad Administration has halted its analysis of the proposed train to give proponents time to provide more details about its design and engineering.
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“FRA has decided to ‘pause’ the EIS so that work does not have to be redone once the engineering inputs are finalized,” Henson said in an email, referring questions regarding the status of the project to Northeast Maglev.
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The FRA, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation, has been leading a federally mandated environmental review of the project through which it evaluates potential impacts on the communities along the proposed route. Project officials now say they anticipate a draft of the environmental impact statement in the first half of 2020, followed by another public comment period. It could be a year before the final report deciding the fate of the project is issued.