Maryland’s transportation agencies are in really bad shape fiscally. Soon, the roads the state builds and maintains could also be in bad shape because of those budgetary struggles.
State transportation leaders met in Largo with members of the Prince George’s County Council on Thursday to talk about where money is and isn’t being cut, and where funding has been restored for the next year.
For drivers, one of the more noticeable cuts in the coming years will be the money used for maintenance and repair of roads. More than $650 million has been slashed there.
“It’ll be things like resurfacing projects,” Maryland State Highway Administrator Will Pines said. “Rather than doing a more comprehensive resurfacing of roadway, we’ll use lower cost treatments to try to extend the life of the roadway for longer. But that does lead to less driver comfort and lower service level conditions of the road while we wait to get to that bigger project.”
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