Rep. Larsen Joins WMATA and APTA Leaders for Red Line Construction Tour

As Congress heads back to Washington, DC, Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, got a close-up view of construction progress being made by the agency that moves the U.S. capital’s workforce.

Rep. Larsen joined Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA/Metro) General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke and APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas on a tour of the Red Line’s summer construction.

On X, Clarke said it was a “great opportunity to see the progress and the team’s hard work delivering a safer and more reliable America’s Metro.”

The project involves three main activities:

• Create a second mezzanine at the Bethesda station to integrate the Maryland Transit Administration’s Purple Line.
• Rehabilitate the Grosvenor-Strathmore station platform (replace tiles, add new lighting, and modify drainage).
• Maintain a raised railway.