SHA Officials To Discuss Six-Year Plan Tomorrow

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SHA Officials To Discuss Six-Year Plan Tomorrow


Oct. 2, 2008

The Maryland Department of Transportation and State Highway Administration's annual meeting with local officials will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 3, in the Garrett County commissioners' meeting room at the courthouse in Oakland. The event is open to the public.
Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari, State Highway Administrator Neil Pedersen, and other department officials will discuss the DOT's six year (FY 2009–2014) Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) draft.

Porcari announced last month, however, that his department has been forced to cut back on transportation projects by $1.1 billion over the next six fiscal years because of the national economy. Numerous projects throughout the state, including the Oakland bypass, have been deferred until economic conditions improve.

DOT officials are expected to announce tomorrow what other local projects have been put on hold.

Local officials have compiled a list of priorities, concerns, and questions that they will present at the meeting. Those include the Oakland bypass, the Rt. 219 North alignment project, improvements to the Rt. 219 corridor, continued upgrades to Rt. 42, possible upgrades to Rt. 495, signage/line striping improvements on Rt. 135 at the bottom of Backbone Mountain in Bloomington, and funding for the Meadow Mountain and the Deep Creek recreational trails.

Each fall the DOT presents its draft of the six-year capital program to every county and Baltimore city for review and comment. It then prepares a final report to present to the General Assembly in January.




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