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>> Montgomery County officials have found that the unfinished Silver Spring Transit Center is unsafe and unusable, reports the Post. In a report presented yesterday, engineers said that the transit center, which is set to cost $112 million and is already two years overdue, suffers from bad concrete and inadequate steel reinforcements, requiring a raft of repairs to make it functional. The transit center was planned as a hub for buses, Metro and MARC trains, but it remains unclear if it will open and who will be responsible for necessary fixes.

>> More people from the region moved into Prince George’s County between the years of 2006 and 2010 than anywhere else, writes the Examiner. According to Census data, the county saw the largest inflow of people from D.C. and counties in both Virginia and Maryland. During those years, 24,855 people moved in and 16,422 moved out; in D.C., 13,447 people moved in and 25,546 moved out. County officials say that a large part of the trend has been driven by Hispanic residents drawn to affordable housing options not found elsewhere in the region.

>> Virginia leads all other states in green construction, reports WTOP. Last year Virginia had 175 green building projects, more per capita than any other states. Maryland ranked sixth, with 127 projects. Still, if D.C. were considered a state, its 110 projects would have put it atop that list.

Briefly Noted: Riders complain that NextBus isn’t particularly reliable … Arlington County could eliminate child care standards … With the Examiner going out of print, who’s gonna catch all those fugitives? … And the Pershing Park case continues.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2012, the D.C. Council scrapped a medical marijuana cultivation center in Ward 7 and we argued against allowing bikes on the Metro during rush hour. In 2011, we looked back at the Old Naval Hospital.