Transit group calls on Metro to suspend this weekend’s work

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A local transit advocacy group is calling on Metro to postpone weekend track work that will snarl the Red, Green and Yellow lines as a high-profile baseball game and hockey playoff game scheduled for the same time are expected to attract massive crowds.

The Action Committee for Transit wrote a letter to Metro General Manager Richard Sarles on Tuesday saying it was “deeply concerned,” after The Washington Examiner reported the agency was not planning to change its track work plans.

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