Private funding needed for Purple Line, Leggett says

Montgomery and Prince George’s counties will need an infusion of private funds to build the Purple Line, as state and federal funds for transportation projects grow increasingly scarce, according to Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett. Montgomery County’s backlog of transportation funding needed for both local and regional projects is rapidly approaching $4 billion, Leggett told the Maryland General Assembly at a joint House and Senate hearing Tuesday.

Local officials are doing all they can to identify funding for roads, buses and rail projects, but they need help, he said.