Overview

• The FRA cited significant, unresolvable impacts to federal agencies and property along the proposed 26.6-mile route as well as chronic cost overruns in its termination letter.
• Two federal grants awarded in 2016 to fund the environmental study have been formally revoked, marking the end of nearly $27 million in U.S. investment.
• Maryland Department of Transportation has agreed to comply with the agency’s directive and will halt all work on the paused review.
• Community groups and local officials opposed the project over eminent-domain threats, environmental harm and disruption to federal installations.
• Despite canceling this proposal, the FRA noted that future deployment of superconducting Maglev technology in the U.S. remains a possibility.