Re: First ICC Segment to open 2/22

On Feb 10, 11:22 pm, "rshe...@xxxxxxxxx" <rshe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 9, 6:59 am, TheOneKEA <theone...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:









On Feb 8, 7:57 am, cpzilliacus <c...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Um, most of the development (especially in Montgomery County,
Maryland, where most of the ICC is being built) was approved as far
back as the 1960's with the understanding that this road would be
built.  Montgomery County land use and transportation planning staff
were asked to look at the current and future impact of removing the
road from master plans in the late 1990's (after then-Gov. Parris
Glendening changed his mind about the project), and the stated on the
record that it would require years of (re)planning, which would not
actually remove any of the residential development approved over all
those years in anticipation of the ICC.

The only new large-scale development near the ICC is in Prince
George's County, around the interchange of I-95 and the ICC, where the
"new town" of Konterra will be built.

And that is also on hold due to the economy, and it doesn't even look
like any sort of major construction has begun yet.

Personally, I think the ICC is too short - it shouldn't end at US 1,
it should end at the B-W Parkway, with an interchange design that
allows it to be further extended, either east to MD 3 or east and
south to US 50. Reaching the B-W Parkway would take a ridiculous
amount of traffic off of MD 198 and MD 197; the major downside is that
traffic levels on the B-W Parkway itself would likely go up
significantly, requiring another major modernization project to widen
the Parkway to six lanes. Still, an ICC-Parkway interchange would be
highly useful.

you may want to re-think this

http://www.iccproject.com/

d: deferred, e scope being reworked

so how do you suppose your fantasy might happen?????

both Florida and Maryland have decided that toll roads do not need to
stand alone - that they can be part of a network of toll roads where
some will generate more money than others ... and some may actually
need a subsidy.

I believe that Virginia is headed this way also with U.S. 460 between
Richmond and Hampton.
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