STATE OFFICIALS AND FORT MEADE LEADERS ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO DECREASE CONGESTION AT FORT MEADE BY WIDENING MD175

Federal funds will be matched by an additional $30 million in state and federal formula funding

 

BALTIMORE – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin together with Representatives C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes (all D-Md.), Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation James T. Smith, Jr., Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman,Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, State Senator James “Ed” DeGrange, Sr., Fort Meade Garrison Commander Colonel Brian Foley andBWI Partnership Chairman Gene Condon today at a press conference at Fort Meade announced $10,000,000 in federal funding to widen MD 175 at Fort Meade, to cut down on congestion and make the roadway safer and more efficient. Federal funding will be matched by $30,000,000 in Maryland state and federal formula funding. The project will create construction jobs today and support the 56,000 men and women who live and work at Fort Meade.

Senator Mikulski is the Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which funds the Department of Transportation (DOT). Senator Cardinis a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee.

“This public investment in Fort Meade and surrounding communities is about jobs, jobs, jobs,” Senator Mikulski said. “I fought in the Senate to BRAC-proof Maryland’s bases, and now I’m fighting to BRAC-ready Maryland’s transportation. Widening MD 175 is critical for the 56,000 men and women who live and work at Fort Meade as one of the state’s largest employers. This project is a linchpin for a thriving but congested region. Through construction jobs today we are supporting jobs tomorrow at Fort Meade that make our nation safer and Maryland’s economy stronger.”

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