Potential alignments for the CCT. Click to enlarge and clarify.

There’s been a lot of news about the Purple Line lately. Most importantly that MoCo planners endorse the light rail option. But the Corridor Cities Transitway hasn’t been without news itself. Planning is moving along on it as well, and according to MTA, the CCT may be able to secure private funding and bypass the cumbersome and unpredictable federal process. That would be good news, since getting all three of Maryland’s light rail projects (including Baltimore’s Red Line) through the federal New Starts program would be difficult.

Also, buried near the bottom of a Gazette story about a Gaithersburg biotech company is this nugget:

A Corridor Cities Transitway stop was planned in Quince Orchard Park to accommodate commuters to MedImmune’s campus. In March, city leaders recommended moving the stop to the other side of Great Seneca to help draw visitors to the Kentlands Commercial District. By the end of the spring, state planners hope to determine the impacts of realigning the CCT.

A possible realignment to the south side of Great Seneca Highway is fabulous news. It’s one of several route adjustments BeyondDC recommended (along with others, including ACT) that would improve the route substantially.