MDTA Police to target aggressive drivers as part of Smooth Operator Program

BALTIMORE, MD – From August 11 – 20, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police will continue to enhance highway safety and target aggressive drivers during the third wave of the multi-state Smooth Operator Program. The Smooth Operator Program is a cooperative effort among law-enforcement agencies to reduce the number of crashes caused by aggressive driving. Aggressive driving includes speeding, tailgating, […]

Road work to result in overnight closure of Inner Loop ramps this weekend

Weather permitting, Sunday, June 19, through Tuesday, June 21, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, the ramps from northbound I-95 and southbound I-95 to I-695 East (Inner Loop) will be closed overnight.  The detour will direct motorists to I-695 West (Outer Loop), to southbound US 1 (Exit 32A), to I-695 East (Inner Loop). Crews will be restriping […]

Debris in roadway closes three lanes of SB I-95

Several lanes of a local highway were closed on Wednesday morning due to debris. At about 10:30 a.m., the three right lanes of southbound I-95 were closed prior to exit 64 (Baltimore Beltway). The Maryland Transportation Authority is advising that only the far left lane is getting by. Motorists should expect delays in the area. There is no word on […]

New speed cameras being installed at I-695/I-95 interchange

Speeders, beware. New speed cameras have arrived in the Perry Hall / Overlea area. As construction picks up along the I-695/I-95 interchange, new speed cameras will be installed along the inner loop of the beltway  to catch lead-footed drivers in the act. The Maryland Transportation Authority says the new speed cameras were installed Thursday along the inner loop between the […]

Road work to result in temporary lane closures on Campbell Boulevard

Weather permitting, one lane along eastbound or westbound Campbell Boulevard between Honeygo Boulevard and Franklin Square Drive in White Marsh will be temporarily closed early next week. The Nottingham Square shopping center entrance closest to the I-95 overpass will be closed to all traffic during the periodic closures of the eastbound lane. A temporary pedestrian walkway is located along the […]

MDTA Police intercept nearly nearly 4,000 packs of untaxed cigarettes on I-95

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police have arrested a New Jersey man who had nearly 4,000 packs of untaxed cigarettes with a retail value exceeding $25,000 in his vehicle. On Wednesday, April 6, an MDTA Police Officer stopped Rosendo Perez-Torres, 68, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, on northbound Interstate 95 in Baltimore County. Perez-Torres, who was driving a […]