PING.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“That construction is due to start next year, and be completed in 2026.”
Yeah, right. Between government incompetence and corruption and union treachery more like 2126. The pyramids were probably built faster than this boondoggle will be.
What is most needed is a new bridge over the Potomac, which would connect I-370 and the “Inter-County Connector” (MD 200) with routes 7 and 28 at the Fairfax-Loudoun county line in VA.
The NIMBYs in MD don’t want it; there is no crossing over the Potomac for 40 miles between the Beltway and US 15 between Frederick and Leesburg (if you don’t count the tiny General Jubal Early 6 car rope ferry at White’s Ferry).
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
Get me the FO of this area.
Those Lexus lanes north of 695 are purely for raising revenue, and have nothing to do with traffic congestion.
One of the reasons I left the area in 1981 was the traffic. I dread the road trip to visit family. We are going up for Christmas, dread it like you cannot imagine.
God, I can’t wait to move from this state.
Bet they put out portable scanners early - and have them set to over-gouge everyone....”Sorry for that $750.00 bill ma’am, should have been $7.50, but there was a glitch. Just pay the $750.00 so we don’t have to put out a warrant and if we ever fix the glitch, we’ll send you a refund....”