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2 arcing insulator problems reported at Metro stations

By Colleen Kelleher

WASHINGTON — Fire crews responded to two separate arcing insulator problems on Metro’s Red Line Thursday morning.

Smoke filled the Friendship Heights station during the first problem and forced trains to run on one track between Van Ness and Medical Center, shortly after Metro’s 5 a.m. opening.

The second arcing insulator problem occurred around 7:30 a.m. at the Grosvenor station.

It led to single tracking between Grosvenor and Medical Center and delays of at least 20 minutes.

Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, says no smoke was found at Grosvenor.

Audit: Metro put millions of federal dollars at risk in failed Buy America program

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Oversight and contracting failures at Metro risked an immediate loss of millions in federal funding, a new audit report from Metro’s Office of Inspector General found. The audit of Metro’s Buy America contract award and oversight process found $68 million in bus, paratransit or rail car vehicle and parts purchases did not meet federal contracting requirements, and $517 million of the $1.4 billion in contracts reviewed did not follow the Federal Transit Administration’s nonbinding suggested best practices.
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