WASHINGTON 鈥� D.C. leaders are concerned about the ramifications for residents and the area’s economy if Metro goes forward with the idea of closing聽at midnight permanently.
D.C.’s director of transportation Leif Dormsjo has a lot of questions about聽Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s idea to close the system at midnight, starting with how it might curtail late-night patronage at restaurants, sporting events and theaters.
“To bring all that to a close at midnight really is a setback. We’ve got service workers who need that lifeline home,” he told聽WTOP.
The聽transit agency has yet to explain to D.C.’s government , Dormsjo said, and he questions what is left to be done since heavy maintenance and infrastructure work is being completed聽during the ongoing Metro track work.
“They said it was going to be a year and that shared pain was accepted by the region and by customers. But now we’re into a proposal that has no end,” Dormsjo聽said.
D.C.’s mayor and closing the system permanently at midnight.
