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Metro celebrates completion of its Md. HQ in Prince George’s Co. – WTOP News
Elected officers and authorities office-holders got here out to have fun the opening of Metro’s new Maryland headquarters in New Carrollton.
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Just a few years in the past, the New Carrollton Metro Station was surrounded by nothing however parking tons, adjoining to extra parking tons.
However on Tuesday afternoon, politicians and Metro workers gathered subsequent to Metro’s newly opened Maryland headquarters, in addition to an enormous house complicated that’s a couple of months away from opening. About 1,200 staff will come to work day-after-day on the new headquarters.
“What is going on right here is only a continuation of success,” mentioned Gov. Wes Moore, who acknowledged County Govt Angela Alsobrooks by citing a rap lyric, “within the phrases of DJ Khaled, all you do is win.”
However for Metro Normal Supervisor Randy Clarke, the opening of this new workplace constructing helps Metro consolidate itself into a greater, extra inexpensive constructing.
“Final time I used to be right here, there was half the buildings occurring,” he joked, being attentive to the progress that different initiatives have made on the website.
“You’re solely most likely 5 years away from when you’ve got 1000’s of individuals inside a pair blocks all interacting round arguably the most effective regional transit hubs in America,” Clarke mentioned. “I imply there’s so much taking place at New Carrollton. This has an opportunity to be simply an unbelievable mobility hub for this area.”
Among the many 1,200 or so workers coming right here to work day-after-day would be the administration employees of Metro Transit Police, in addition to Metro Entry, parking and customer support name facilities.
“That’s an financial anchor for this area,” Clarke boasted.
Moore described the event middle as being greater than simply some new places of work and flats.
“This isn’t nearly how we’re transferring folks to alternative, however how we’re transferring alternative to folks,” the governor mentioned.
“We now have the power to convey individuals who can’t solely reside right here, however work right here, ensure that they can additionally store, and have all of the facilities that we’ve appeared for, for therefore lengthy,” Alsobrooks mentioned. “This additionally simply connects us to the area in a really highly effective method and makes doable every thing else we’d wish to see come to Prince George’s.
“This has walkability, ‘bikeability,’ so it’s an entire new dwelling for a lot of who will likely be transferring into Prince George’s County and serving to us to develop, not solely our business tax base, however to develop our neighborhood,” she mentioned. “That is now the premier transit hub on the japanese seaboard.”
Nonetheless to return is the greater than $20 million federal grant to rebuild the prepare corridor a couple of hundred toes away.
“You’re going to have Amtrak coming in. You’re going to have MARC coming in. You’re after all going to have Metro coming in, and this would be the hyperlink to additionally the Purple Line,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen famous. He mentioned 1000’s of extra jobs are nonetheless on observe to maneuver to this space.
“We’re on the transfer,” Van Hollen mentioned. “It’s one other instance of how Prince George’s County is on the transfer.”