By Adam Pagnucco. No one has been a more committed opponent of former Governor Larry Hogan’s I-270 toll lanes project than County Executive Marc Elrich. Sure, there are plenty of…
I-270
By Adam Pagnucco. The Sierra Club’s Maryland Chapter, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Friends of Moses Hall have announced that they are suing…
I-270 Issue Far From Over
The Montgomery County Council has signaled a consensus in favor of Council President Phil Andrews’ proposal to add two reversible lanes on I-270. But this issue is nowhere close to…
Andrews: Widen I-270, BRT for CCT
County Council President Phil Andrews, who represents Rockville and Gaithersburg, has issued a memo explaining his support for adding two reversible lanes to I-270 and constructing the CCT as bus…
A letter organized by Senator Rob Garagiola (D-15) and signed by seven other state legislators representing areas along the CCT’s alignment urges the County Council to support rail for the…
SHA Answers Council’s Questions on I-270
The County Council sent a list of questions to the State Highway Administration (SHA) about the I-270 project and SHA has responded. Here are the questions and answers that caught…
Business and Labor Agree on I-270
In an unusual statement of agreement between business and labor, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce President Gigi Godwin and MCGEO President Gino Renne submitted a joint statement of support for…
Widening Projects Abound
I-270 is not the only road widening project under consideration by the state. The Maryland Department of Transportation is proposing to widen I-97 between Baltimore and Annapolis and to widen…
Two-Seventy Two-Step
Some people favor widening I-270 as one component of dealing with the corridor’s infamous state of gridlock. Other people oppose widening and would like to see an all-transit solution. Those…
By Marc Korman. Earlier in the summer, the Action Committee for Transit (ACT), an organization I am a member of, released an all-transit alternative to the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor…