More Than $800 Million in Projects and New Services Underway in 2014 Thanks to the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013

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Baltimore Region Groundbreakings:

• $32.7 million – US 29 northbound widening and sound wall construction in Howard County (started in July)

• $8.75 million – MD 32 widening in Howard County (started in July)
• $34.5 million – I-695 improvements from MD 147 to MD 41 in Baltimore County
  (starts late summer)
• $55-$60 million – I-695 at Leeds Avenue / US 1 interchange improvements and bridge replacements in Baltimore County (starts late fall)

Eastern Shore Groundbreakings:

• $39 million – MD 404 widening project from MD 309 to Cemetery Road in Queen Anne’s and Caroline counties (started in May)
• $4.7 million – MD 822 roundabout construction at the gateway to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Somerset County (started in April)
• $60.5 million – Dover Bridge replacement in Talbot and Caroline counties
  (starts late summer)
• $49.9 million – US 301/MD 304 Interchange construction in Queen Anne’s County
  (starts this fall)

Washington Region Groundbreakings:

• $54 million – Branch Avenue Metro Station access improvements project in Prince George’s County (started in May)
• $10.6 million – Queens Chapel Road streetscape in Prince George’s County (starts this summer)

Southern Maryland Groundbreakings:

• $4.4 million – MD 4 widening project between MD 235 and Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge in St. Mary’s County (started in April)

BWI Marshall Airport:

• $125 million – Constructing secure connector between concourse D and concourse E, creating a new security checkpoint to serve domestic and international travelers, and configuring airline gates to support additional international flights (starts late 2014)

Transit Service Started in 2013:

• $139.5 million – Replacing Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) Kirk Avenue Bus Facility(Kirk Facility) in northeast Baltimore City ($74.7 million for Phase II was made possible thanks to the Transportation Investment Act). The two-phase project will replace the 66-year-old Kirk Facility with two new buildings: a Maintenance Building (Phase I - $64.8 million) and the Transportation and Storage Building (Phase II - $74.7 million)
  (started in November 2013)
• $46 million – MARC weekend service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
  (started December 2013)
• $132 million (FY 2014 - 2019) – Operating grants for local bus service including Baltimore CityCharm City Circulator, Prince George’s County The Bus, and Montgomery County Ride On(started in 2013)