From State Sen. Bob Cassilly:
Friends,
The Maryland Transportation Authority will be holding two public meetings to provide information on the upcoming Express Toll Lane (ETL) northbound extension.
Monday, February 26 – Joppa Magnolia Fire Hall, 1403 Old Mountain Road South, Joppa, MD 21085
Tuesday, February 27 – American Legion Overlea-Perry Hall Post #130, 8666 Silver Lake Dr., Perry Hall, MD 21128
Both meetings are open house format, without a formal presentation, anytime from 4-7 p.m.
I-95 ETL Northbound Extension
This project will enhance the MDTA’s efforts to provide a safe and reliable drive for its customers and advances the Traffic Relief Plan that Governor Larry Hogan announced in December 2017. In addition, the proposed improvements will increase quality of life for numerous communities with the addition of four new noise walls and will replace or rehabilitate five bridges that are more than 50 years old. The extension is expected to be open to traffic in December 2022.
http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Capital_Projects/I95ETLNB/Home.html
Bob Cassilly
Senator, District 34
www.bobcassilly.net
Bob.Cassilly@senate.state.md.us
Cars are getting more expensive, gas is more expensive, salaries are stagnant, how about instead of wasting taxpayer money on toll roads we build a usable mass transit system. Having a job in the big city and a shitty built 3000 square foot house in suburbia ain’t no good if you can’t afford to get there.
or you could move into the city, where they have lots of mass transit
White people dont use mass transit.
They dont allow racists on mass transit!
There are many white people on the MARC train who work in DC.
Balto region mass transit costs less than $5.00 to go from Annapolis To White Marsh.Harford mass transit costs $40.00 to 50.00 to take a cab from White Marsh to Bel Air,Harford needs light rail or hook up with Balto Metro..
I would like the city to build a subway to Harford County to improve mobility and access to jobs. The state legislature could assess a regional sales tax to pay for this service. If you are poor or disabled, there is no way to get between Harford County and Baltimore City.
I agree. We really do need a subway, like they have in Washington and New York. Every great civilization has mass transportation.
Walter, I wonder if you are also an alias of Boardman? (S/he seems obsessed with commuter trains). Harford County is not a “great civilization” like DC or NY and, honestly, I hope it never becomes one.
“Regional sales tax?” Which region picks up the tab for this one? I certainly don’t want it. Isn’t there already rail service to Baltimore from Aberdeen? Why are we talking about rail systems when the article is about I95? Is this K. Boardman ranting about trains again?
I am not Boardman. Piss off.
So where do you suggest Harford County needs a subway?
I support a Harford County Subway, and would be willing to pay higher taxes.
Subways are for urban intra-city transit. Not some regional transit line from the County, 30 miles into the city – we already have that – it’s called Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC).
https://mta.maryland.gov/marc-train
Harford Link provides intra county transportation via (blue colored) busses being driven around.
http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/2283/Bus-Routes
It is very clear, looking a century or two into the future, that the leafy villages of Harford will be steel, concrete, and asphalt. Planning must start NOW for these elegant steel subway lines, with stops in places like Aberdeen, Edgewood, Dublin, and Cononingo.
Or, we could start planning now to keep our villages leafy and prosperous by not allowing such ecologically disruptive and financially burdensome projects. I’m certainly interested in staying more Naboo than Coruscant.
We have plenty of parks – Rocks, Shamrock. We need more housing, particularly affordable housing. And YES, more transit.
Baltimore was just named by USA Today the most dangerous city in America. I, for one, do not want any criminal from Baltimore to have easy access to our neighborhoods.
Exactly. Let’s put a light rail stop and Park & Ride on the open tree covered space north of Monmouth Meadows on Hwy 24 across from the Festival Shopping Center. It worked worked for the Owing Mills Mall. Look how quickly rail transformed that area into a showplace. Seriously, what could go wrong connecting Sharp Leadenhall directly to Bel Air by rail? I work downtown and could leave my car at home! Since average costs per mile for public light rail in the USA are about $70 million per mile and the Ballpark is 28.7 miles it’s only a hair past $2 billion for our Harford County railway. It can even stop at White Marsh.
Dude, Old news, I posted that 3 days on Boardman’s letter to the dagger. My advise for people in that Shitt state of Maryland, MOVE from that state
White Man, you are so right. The style guide on internet comments is clear. After the very first comment online about anything, anywhere, everybody else has to stop copycat and loop back to the original, just read that and you will have all the perspective necessary. Thanks for pointing that out. I moved from another county where people already know that stuff. Oh yeah, I reported Bob to the Cyber Police on their website for you already so no worries, it’s taken care of. That guy dun goofed.