Gov. Larry Hogan is urging President Joe Biden, Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Federal Highway Administration to reverse a decision to delay a project to widen parts of I-270 and I-495, along with replacing the American Legion Bridge.
On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration was set to potentially approve a Environmental Impact Statement for the project, which Hogan has helped spearhead in an attempt to reduce congestion on I-270 and the Capital Beltway. Multiple local organizations, led by the Sierra Club, were protesting that deadline, saying the public needed more time to review the statement, which was well over 26,000 pages long.
In a lengthy statement Friday morning, Hogan said his administration has “learned that the acting federal highway administrator plans to further delay Maryland’s transformative Traffic Relief Plan. We were completely blindsided by this action, particularly given that every comprehensive analysis we submitted had already been reviewed and approved by the agency.”
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