MdTA I-95 Improvement Project Advances
- From: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:35:03 -0400
"MdTA I-95 improvement project advances"
_Baltimore Sun_ - September 29, 2005
'Maryland Transportation Authority Chairman Robert L. Flanagan today
announced federal approval for a project to add lanes and reconstruct
interchanges on 10 miles of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway portion
of Interstate 95 from the I-95/Interstate 895 split in Northeast
Baltimore to just north of Route 43 in White Marsh.'
'Following an environmental assessment of the project, the Federal
Highway Administration issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, which
formally selected the improvements to be made.'
'Plans call for the authority, which owns and operates the Kennedy
Highway, to add two managed lanes in each direction of the highway to
help ease congestion.'
'Also included in the project's scope are improvements to the I-95/I-895
interchange at the Northeast Baltimore city line, as well as the
I-95/Interstate 695 and I-95/state Route 43 interchanges in Baltimore
County. Among other things, the improvements will reduce last-minute
lane changes, eliminate left exits and separate traffic exiting I-95
from traffic merging onto the highway, transportation officials said.'
'Completion of the project is scheduled for late 2011. The estimated
$830 million cost will be funded by the transportation authority, which
is an independent state agency that owns, operates and maintains
Maryland's seven toll facilities.'
'The project is the first of four independent improvement projects
identified for the 50-mile Kennedy Highway in the I-95 Master Plan
released by the authority in 2003. The Kennedy Highway extends from
Northeast Baltimore to the Delaware state line.'
'More information on the project is available online at
www.mdtransportationauthority.com under the menu item for project
planning studies, or by calling the agency's office of media and
customer relations at 410-537-1017.'
[ end of article - http://tinyurl.com/bvww4 ]
MdTA: Section 100: I-95, I-895(N) Split to North of MD 43
[ MdTA site URL - http://tinyurl.com/bqhea ]
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