Maryland’s governor is banking on the Beltway and outer interstates as the keys to improving commuter transportation in Maryland.
Larry Hogan today announced a $461 million plan to relieve traffic in the Baltimore area, mostly concentrated in the suburbs. About a third of that money would go toward converting the inside shoulders of the inner and outer loops of the upper Beltway into new lanes, stretching 19 miles from I-70 in Woodlawn to MD-43 in White Marsh, and adding adaptive metering to Beltway ramps.
Another $210 million would go toward extending the existing northbound express toll lanes on I-95 by nearly eight miles, from MD-43 in White Marsh to MD-24 in Edgewood. An additional $100 million would be spent designing and building a new interchange at the Beltway and I-70, an area known as the “triple bridges.”
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