BREAKING: Laura Mason, #wmata EVP of Capital Delivery, is heading to Amtrak as their EVP for Major Program Delivery

Andy Off, current VP of Project Implementation and Construction, is being promoted to Mason's role, being backfilled by Liz Field (Dir, Rail Station Modernization)
Mason came to #wmata from Bechtel after working on Silver Line Phase I construction, first leading SafeTrack planning after moving to Metro before being promoted to head up the capital program. (wtop.com/tracking-metro…)

Mason, now heading to Amtrak, has planed a significant portion (along with others) in reshaping the #wmata capital budget and program. It's safe to say the capital program of 2021 looks nothing like the capital program of 2016 when Mason joined #wmata.
Hass has been acting in this role for a little while, and this announcement makes his job title permanent

It's an Interesting choice by the #wmata GM, having someone with a maintenance/construction background overseeing maintenance *and* operations

I missed it, but here's Amtrak's announcement about stealing Laura Mason away from #wmata media.amtrak.com/2021/05/amtrak…

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20 May
Single-tracking on the Orange Line has begun, today between Cheverly and Stadium-Armory.

There's a chance Silver Line trains will be delayed as well, due to single-tracking location being so close to the Stadium-Armory split over to Largo.
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#wmata has begun today's unannounced single-tracking b/t Cheverly and New Carrollton. Expect Orange/Silver line trains to run less often than normal - even less so than @Metrorailinfo says on its service alert page, if this past week is any indicator.
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Yikes. @Metrorailinfo Silver Line trains are running less often than they do on weekends - headways currently above 20 minutes. #wmata ImageImage
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13 May
Good morning, @Metrorailinfo #wmata has begun day #3 of unannounced single-tracking. Like yesterday, there is no Metro Alert or other communication from the agency via email, social media, or in-station PIDS. Here's how this played out yesterday:

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Again, these are just my estimates, not official #'s
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ya go outside for *one* nice sunny day and something like this happens. Time to catch up... #wmata
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