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Rail car production back on schedule
The delivery of Metro’s 7000-series rail cars, some of which have arrived with malfunctioning air-conditioning and shoddy vinyl seats, is back on schedule, transit agency officials said. Assembled at a Kawasaki plant in Nebraska, the manufacturer has delivered 16 cars a month for the past four months, which meets the upper end of Metro’s delivery goal, officials said. The company is likely to miss its original October 2017 deadline to deliver the first batch of 428 cars. Metro said the manufacturer is expected to complete the delivery by early 2018. [Washington Post]
Hogan popularity soars
A poll conducted by Annapolis-based OpinionWorks finds Gov. Larry Hogan’s approval rating at 72 percent, a higher figure than Gov. Martin O’Malley ever recorded. The ratings slip in the D.C. suburbs where 52 percent of Montgomery County residents and 65 percent of Prince George’s County approved of the freshman Republican’s job so far. [Baltimore Sun]
Whiting-Turner contract at Naval Support Activity Bethesda
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., headquartered in Baltimore, has won a $29.4 million contract to construct temporary modular medical or clinical facilities at the Naval Support Activity Bethesda. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will build the health care facilities to supplement space vacated by a demolition effort. The project is scheduled for completion in December 2017. NSA Bethesda provides base operational support to more than 40 tenant commands such as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute and the Warrior Transition Brigade. [Executive Biz]
State Police busy over Labor Day weekend
Between Sept. 1 and 6, Maryland State Police conducted 9,218 traffic stops, issuing 6,221 citations and 5,777 warnings, and making 119 drunken driving arrests. Officers also issued 1,029 repair orders for defective vehicle equipment over the long Labor Day weekend, state police reported. Traffic enforcement also led to 64 arrested on criminal charges, and 75 were arrested on outstanding warrants. [Maryland State Police]
Hot weather returns
More heat, more humidity, at least for the next few days. [Washington Post]
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