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Maryland Highway, Transit Projects Get Green Light
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Ehrlich hopes to break ground next fall on the $2.4 billion intercounty connector, his top transportation priority, which would connect Interstate 270 in Montgomery County with Route 1 in Prince George's County. Congress appropriated $18 million for the project.
Several other projects are underway or will be soon.
In Charles County, construction of the Hughesville Bypass should be completed next year, Flanagan said. Congress allocated $11 million for it.
Construction of a new interchange at I-70 and Route 85 in Frederick County is scheduled to begin this fall. Work on a proposed interchange at Route 32 and Burntwoods Road in Howard County is set to begin in the spring of 2007. And the widening from two lanes to four of Route 124 in Gaithersburg from Warfield Road to Midcounty Highway is to start in two years.
Several members of Congress also secured funding for projects in their districts. There are 101 such Maryland projects in the federal bill.
In Montgomery, Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) announced $21 million to build a transit center in Silver Spring. The site will serve as a key crossroads for bus, MARC and Metro service.
Van Hollen also secured $1.6 million for engineering and construction of a new interchange where Route 355 meets Montrose and Randolph roads.
In addition, $4 million in federal funds requested by Van Hollen will be used to improve pedestrian access in Rockville and Wheaton and in Mount Rainier in Prince George's County.
In Prince George's, Wynn and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) announced $15 million toward a new interchange at Route 4 and Suitland Parkway and money to build a new flyover ramp from the inner loop of the Capital Beltway to Route 5.
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D) announced $12.5 million to expand Route 175 in Howard and Anne Arundel counties.
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