Maryland
Enviros bill to stop work on Maryland ICC pending global warming impact study
Posted Thu, 2008-03-13 22:18
Environmental extremists have gained sponsorship of a bill in the Maryland general assembly which would halt work on the Inter County Connector tollroad in Montgomery
County. The bill HB1416 would require a study of the 'greenhouse gas' emissions impact of opening this road. 982 words read more »
Court throws out enviros' suit to block start on Maryland Inter County Connector tollroad
Posted Thu, 2007-11-08 12:13
US District Court in Maryland has thrown out a late law suit lodged by a bunch of environmentalist groups against USDOT's permitting of the Inter County Connector (ICC) tollroad north of the District of Columbia. Judge Alexander Williams in a 106 page judgment concludes that "there is no legal or equitable basis to prevent the Inter-County Connector from moving forward."
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Construction to start on Maryland's $2.4b Inter County Connector Toll Road this week
Posted Sun, 2007-10-14 11:00
Maryland State Highway Administrator (MdSHA) has given contractors the OK to start construction work on the first part of the 30km (18.8mi) long $2.4b InterCounty Connector (ICC) tollroad. The ICC is an east-west connector mainly located in Montgomery County about 10km (6 miles) north of the Beltway (I-495) and about 23km (14 miles) north of the White House.
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Two toll opportunities close to home in Frederick Maryland - I-270 lanes & bypass
Posted Sun, 2007-07-08 09:03
A prominent local state politician Galen Clagett (Dem, Frederick) said at a lunch here recently that continued inaction on I-270 is "quite unacceptable." Congestion is "killing us," he said. We need extra lanes now, he said, not in fifteen years as promised by the state highway administration. Since the state doesn't have the money to do anything beyond studying the problem year after year, we need to go to the private sector, Clagett said. 1679 words read more »
Maryland's new ICC has first build contract awarded
Posted Wed, 2007-04-04 11:11The project involves reconstruction and widening of about a mile (1.6km) of the existing I-370 stub and 10km (6mi) of new road and four interchanges. 617 words read more »
