WMATA's Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Budget

College Park MD

25 February, 2021

1:04 PM

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Press release from the City of College Park : February 24, 2021 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) released its Fiscal Year 2022 proposed budget. The proposed budget includes closing the College Park – UMD station, eliminating bus route 86 (which serves College Park and the Route 1 corridor) and modifying bus route 83 to terminate at Greenbelt Metro station. Other proposed changes to the Metrorail system are 30 minute service frequencies between trains, currently 12 minutes, and a decrease in parking fees from $5.20 to $4.95 in Prince George's County. Public Hearing dates are March 8, 2021 at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., March 9, 2021 at 6 p.m. and March 10, 2021 at 6 p.m. For more information, visit: https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/budget/. article This press release was produced by the City of College Park . The views expressed are the author's own.