Potomac avenue to east of stadiumarmory. Ballston to east falls church. Medical center to van ness. The first stretch impacting the blue, orange, silver lines is already slated to be shut down for 16 days in august, as part of Paul Wiedefelds safe track plan. The question tonight is with the f. T. A. s demands. Could it come much sooner . We will be coming out shortly with a revised plan. Chief Safety Officer Patrick Lavin who was formally introduced today said they had the same goals but different ways to get there. They say workers need 16 hours a week on the track. A glaring problem. Brianne four days in the job tonight he is outlining immediate priorities. Wmata is good at telling you what happened. We need to work on the why. We need to delve into yes, there is a burning and yes there was an event. We mixed it and resumed service. But we need to get into more detail. Brianne this comes as there was a discussion about why the general manager did not include the f. T. A. In the orig
Modified. The maintenance and the repairs that the f. T. A. Is calling for focuses on the track. Insulators and the third rail that powers the train. And cleaning up, including clearing out debris. The f. T. A. Says between april 23 and may 10 it investigated 15 safety events including nine with fire and smoke. I have always looked at concern and i will be safe, neat. Every day you hear we apologize for the inconvenience, thank you for riding metro. Which is translating to if you enjoy inconvenience in your daily life thank you for choosing us. Its awful. Brianne metro tonight stressing that the general manager is already taking action. There had been work in progress. Some of it is expected to be completed later this month prior to the safe track time or the letter from the f. T. A. We also will be involved in this work. How this will reshape the plan outlined by the general manager and expected to take place starting june 4 . Those details are still needing to be worked out. This pla
Closer to bethesda. If you are traveling in the area, beach drive is a good option. We have 16th street that are good options for you. You wont be able to use grubb road. Expect a lot of extra congestion if you travel through Silver Spring or live in Silver Spring. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon all right. Thank you. Speaking of congestion, one morning rush hour down. The first evening just beginning. In the last hour or so, metros general manager gave us an update on how the first weekday of the Safetrack Program is working out for everybody. We have Team Coverage of the Maintenance Plan and the impact on commuters on and off the rail. As well as the local businesses. Lets begin with transportation reporter Brianne Carter standing by outside the foggy bottom station where Paul Wiedefeld spoke a few minutes ago. Fill us in. Brianne well, we heard from the general manager who said yes a few tweaks need to be made but overall things went smoothly. There are still adjustment
Buddy. Its not raining now, although as you can see, relatively thick fog across the area early this morning. Visibilities down to only a quarter of a mile now in winchester, three miles in manassas and three miles in washington. So that is the main issue here early this morning. The overall weather impact on your day will be fairly low. Fog and maybe patchy mist or drizzle early this morning. We will see breaks of sunshine today, its not a guaranteed dry day, though. Most of the rain is coming to an end for this morning, but there could be a shower chance coming in after 3 00 or 4 00 this afternoon. So the next 4 hours, foggy and 58 now. By 7 00 this evening, showers if not in the area will be on the way. Temperatures near 70 today. And rain likely to get your friday started. But there will be improving weather as we get towards the second half of the weekend. Weekend forecast at 5 21. So right now inner loop after New Hampshire avenue, tw the only construction still hanging around to
Agencies. Gm says no time to waste on any of the repairs. When i sat there at the ntsb hearing the other day and just heard through the litany of the decades here it, just reenforced to me, i just are to go. Meanwhile, we heard from the first time, metros Safety Officer, he spent more than 30 years in the new York City Transit arena. When owe started the job in 1983, we were in such a state of disrepair that we were derailing a main line train every 28 days. You can imagine what it would take to turn a sis it em like that around. He says a turn around happened in new york, so what about here in d. C. Now . I dont think youll have as great a problem in my mind that is so insurmountable that it cant be addressed with good effective leadership. Lavin said ill give you my best efforts. What about the new chief Safety Officer making changes. That. Jim, ill tell you about it next hour at 6 00. Adam tuss, out in front of the metro story once against. Thank you. Right now in baltimore, witness