EDGEWOOD, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will start a $350,000 pavement patching project on Monday, March 11, on a stretch of Philadelphia Road north of Edgewood. The project will involve the patching of a section of Route 7 between the Seven Trails Drive roundabout and the US 40 (Pulaski Highway) roundabout, and will stretch through Harford County. The work is […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The MDOT State Highway Administration is beginning two new paving projects in Harford County beginning next week. The first project begins on Monday, March 11 and will be on US 40 (Pulaski Highway) east of Joppa. The second project, which begins in April, will be on US 1 (Belair Road) north of Kingsville. The resurfacing projects should be complete […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Governor Wes Moore visited the Maryland Department of Transportation headquarters in Hanover this week to discuss the state’s transportation safety efforts. The trip included a tour of various MDOT facilities and a meeting with the agency’s Minority Business Enterprise program to discuss the steps that are being taken to diversify Maryland’s contracting opportunities for small, minority-, women-, and veteran-owned […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Transit Administration is set to launch a pilot program that will see seven new zero-emission buses join the agency’s fleet as part of a broader plan to transition to a carbon-neutral bus fleet by 2035. The new buses will be operated out of the agency’s Kirk Bus Division in Baltimore and will be powered by state-of-the-art electric […]
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel. Original story below… ——— COLLEGE PARK, MD—A man is facing charges after he stole a MDOT State Highway Administration vehicle and led police on a pursuit that started in Montgomery County and continued through Prince George’s County. The chase started after the man hit another vehicle on […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will be hosting five in-person workshops in February and March to review grant opportunities to improve bicycle and pedestrian access and safety throughout the state. The workshops are designed to help community groups, local governments, nonprofits, school districts and education agencies, transportation and transit authorities, natural resource or public land agencies […]
PIKESVILLE, MD—Maryland State Police officials are reminding residents to use caution and verify credentials when using Automotive Dismantler and Recycler (ADR) and Scrap Processor services in Maryland. More commonly, Automotive Dismantler and Recycler (ADR) and Scrap Processor services post signs and advertisements, meant to entice citizens to purchase and/or sell automotive goods, ranging from used cars, RV’s/campers, trailers, to scrap […]
PIKESVILLE, MD—Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner, and Maryland State Police are reminding motorists to enjoy the game, and avoid aggressive, distracted or impaired driving, when going to or leaving their destination. State troopers from all 23 Maryland State Police barracks, including the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (SPIDRE) team, will be focusing on aggressive, distracted, or […]