Posted on 03/27/2019 8:27:21 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maryland is again seeking federal funds for the second phase of widening Interstate 81 in Washington County.
Gov. Larry Hogans administration announced Monday that it submitted two Infrastructure for Rebuilding America, or INFRA, grant applications. One project would widen part of I-81. The other would renovate the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, so it could carry double-stacked rail traffic.
The application is accompanied a 50-page attachment of letters of support from state officials, as well as business, civic and political leaders in the Tri-State region. A letter signed by Hogan says the grant funding will position the I-81 Corridor as a national asset for freight movement for the next several decades.
The I-81 project is the second part of a four-phase effort to widen Marylands 12.1-mile stretch of the interstate. The first phase, expected to be completed next year, runs from U.S. 11 in West Virginia to Md. 63/Md. 68 in Maryland.
The second phase would widen the interstate to three lanes in each direction for about 3.5 miles, from the end of Phase 1 to Halfway Boulevard. Along with that work, the project includes extending Halfway Boulevard for about a half-mile west to Md. 63.
The application, the third attempt at a grant for phase 2, puts the total cost at $106 million. The cost breakdown would be:
I-81, phase 2: $55 million would come from the INFRA grant, $42.6 million from the Maryland Department of Transportation and $1 million from Washington County.
Halfway Boulevard Extension: $3.8 million would come in federal funds through the Appalachian Regional Commission, $2.172 million from Washington County and $1.35 million from the private sector.
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Holy hell.
The Stone Wall Of Death is probably gone, too, then.
There were no patients to treat, as we now know. It kinda digs especially deep, given what happened, how close it came to hitting home, and the Pentagon hit was like seeing an old part of my life take a whack. I worked at the Puzzle Palace for three years and was only another three years removed from it when the other plane hit. Looking back, it seems surreal.
The wall was back when I was kid and we went on joy rides up to CLand.
Long before 68 was even a thought.
Worst thing I’d ever done, since then, was work for the Census in 1980.
We took the back roads in the dead of W.MD winter, no matter the weather, either in my Gremlin or my boss’s Buick, to test potential employees.
Neither of those cars are known for their 4wd abilities.
So. Much. Fun.
Of course, now, trying to find that wall is gonna be my Summer Quest.
I can just feel it.
/hates unresolved issues
:D
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