Councilmembers Marks & Kach announce funding for crosswalk at Pine Grove Middle School

Baltimore County Councilmembers David Marks and Wade Kach announced on Monday that a brick crosswalk would be constructed to improve safety at Pine Grove Middle School. The $25,000 crosswalk will be built by the end of the year at the intersection of Proctor Lane and Old Harford Road. Kristen Piscopo is president of the Perring Park Community Association and a […]

New speed humps installed on Ridge Road

New speed humps were completed along Ridge Road in southern Perry Hall/Nottingham on Friday. Councilwoman Cathy Bevins says that a resident had requested traffic calming measures for Ridge Road in March of last year, but the road didn’t qulaify. That led Councilwoman Bevins to pass Resolution 45-16, directing the Planning Board and the Department of Public Works to review and […]

Raised crosswalks completed at Perry Hall Middle, Perry Hall High

New crosswalks that double as traffic calming measures have opened in Perry Hall. The new crosswalks, which were initially announced back in December, were completed along Ebenezer Road and will help to slow speeding at Perry Hall Middle and High Schools. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week. Two raised crosswalks with pedestrian refuge islands were installed in front of […]

Traffic calming planned at Gunview Road in Perry Hall

Some additional traffic calming is coming to one Perry Hall neighborhood. Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday that two speed humps will be constructed this summer in the 9500 block of Gunview Road near Klausmier Road. The petition for speed bumps was initiated by a local resident. Once engineers determined that traffic met speed and volume standards, a […]

Councilman Marks: Pedestrian safety improvements planned at Perry Hall Middle, High Schools

UPDATE: The new crosswalks have been completed – details here. Original story below… —— The Baltimore County Department of Public Works will install improvements along Ebenezer Road to slow speeding at Perry Hall Middle and High Schools, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Thursday. Two raised crosswalks with pedestrian refuge islands will be installed in front of Perry Hall […]

Baltimore County seeks input on traffic calming program

Baltimore County’s Department of Public Works is asking the public to comment on proposed revisions to the County’s Traffic Calming Program – the program which provides speed humps and pedestrian safety improvements to qualifying neighborhoods in order to slow traffic and preserve neighborhoods. Revisions to the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (Traffic Calming’s official designation) were initiated by the Baltimore County […]

Second Avenue in Carney to receive traffic calming

Councilman David Marks announced on Thursday that Second Avenue in Carney will receive traffic calming this summer. Residents secured enough signatures to support the installation of three speed bumps on the local road, a heavily-traveled route east of Harford Road. The $10,000 project will be constructed this summer. “I would like to thank Jamie Wagner Debole for her help with […]