The Howard Street Tunnel expansion, which will allow for double-stacked rail travel, broke ground in Baltimore after years of delays and setbacks.

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Sinkholes have indefinitely shut down parts of two downtown Baltimore streets and interrupted light rail service. News outlets report city officials announced Sunday that sinkholes at the intersection of North Howard and West Lexington streets have resulted in the closure ...

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The average person may not think twice about Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel. The approximately 120-year old tunnel is one of the longest tunnels within the B&O Railroad system, and is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Yet, ...

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A rail chokepoint in the city restraining the Port of Baltimore’s potential economic impact could be eliminated in the next decade if it receives federal funds. During the Greater Baltimore Committee’s transportation summit on Wednesday, Bradley M. Smith, director of ...

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A giant cargo container ship – almost four football fields long – eased into the Port of Baltimore earlier this week and was met by a number of high ranking Maryland officials, including Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. The state leaders ...

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Maryland’s decision to seek roughly 28 percent of the funds available this year from federal FASTLANE grants for two Baltimore projects, may have contributed to both applications being rejected. The state requested about $231 million of an available $800 million from ...

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In a major blow to two huge Baltimore area projects, the federal government has denied requests for more than $230 million in grant requests for the Howard Street Tunnel and the redevelopment of Port Covington. Sagamore Development Co. wanted $76 ...

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Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is supporting the state’s pursuit of federal funds to improve a tunnel in the city that would benefit the redevelopment of Sparrows Point peninsula. Kamenetz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony ...

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