Report: Leggett Promises Taxpayers Won't Pay for Transit Center Fixes

The cost of the litany of fixes required to make the Silver Spring Transit Center safe and operable won't be billed to Montgomery County taxpayers, County Executive Isiah Leggett promised, WAMU 88.5 reports. 

"We will pursue every legal and administrative remedy that we think is available, so that we make certain that the county taxpayers do not foot this bill for the additional costs that may have to be born as a result of remediation," Leggett told the radio station, which is Washington, DC's NPR affiliate. 

A 100-page inspection report by an outside engineering firm, available online, was made public Tuesday, detailing a slew of problems with the $112 million public transit facility. KCE Engineering found improperly poured concrete, poorly constructed columns and the absence of cabling to hold concrete pour strips together, ultimately calling the transit center unusable and unsafe without major repairs. 

Fixes to the facility will move forward, with no timeline for completion and indefinite delays to the opening, county officials said last week.

Leggett said if the parties involved, including general contractor Foulger-Pratt, can't repair the center, the county will sue, WAMU wrote.