Lobbyists Defend Maryland's Poor Report Cards On Roads

Officials, lobbyists defend Maryland’s roads against poor report card, but feel there are many improvements to make

State officials praise Maryland’s superior highway system, but the Reason Foundation just ranked it as one of the nation’s worst.

According to the libertarian policy group’s annual highway report, released earlier this month, Maryland’s roads come in 43rd place – followed only by Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska, and Rhode Island.


But state officials, policymakers and transportation advocates say this ranking is unduly harsh.

“The roads in Maryland are probably some of the best conditioned around,” said Sen. Ed DeGrange, chairman of the Senate’s Public Safety, Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee. “If you compare to the surrounding states – Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware – Maryland’s roads are in much better condition. Our issue here is wait time in traffic.”

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