Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“Users Pay” sounds reasonable to me. As for me, I’ll take the traffic delays for myself & let others take the toll lanes.
It’ll cost at least double, be delayed, and be completed at least a year and a half late.
As long as they add lanes, I’ve got no problem with this idea. I would love them to add two lanes in each direction (including as HOT lanes) for the entire length of the B-W parkway.
But I’d still love them to do an “Outer Beltway”, extending the ICC in both directions. If they wanted to toll that the same way they toll the ICC, I’d say it’s well worth it.
One more reason for me to leave when I retire in a few years. What happened to my beautiful state.
So, Maryland has some of the highest fuel taxes in the country, but needs toll lanes to pay for roads.
Typical mismanagement by government.
These contractors know that their bids are irrelevant 1 hour after submission and the real money is made as the state makes changes to the plans while construction is underway......many of those changes are made for the sole purpose of kickbacks to the politicians making them.
This is all a major scam.
Yes, you will have extra lanes you can use at $40 per one way trip of 10 miles.
Is that worth it every day for your commute?
It’s all fun and games until the hot lanes end and their traffic merges back in to the existing lanes. Approaching the American Legion Bridge from VA can be a real CF. Same with I-95 where the lanes end.
If we drain the swamp, the sewage, whatever, there will be no need for more lanes.
We DON’T need to grow the D.C. area. PERIOD.
Pay, Sheeple... PAY! Rich people get faster commutes. Thank you, government! “Our taxes go to roads.” Now PAY! PAY!
Just an other action reinforcing that my decision to depart Maryland.