ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s Senate president said Tuesday that he believes a senior state transportation official should be relieved of his leadership role because of an “appalling lack of professionalism and substantive understanding” about a law that creates a scoring system ...

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That's the word in a new letter from Maryland Department of Transportation Deputy Sec. James F. Ports Jr. that started landing in county government mailboxes around the state on Thursday afternoon.

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Officials in Baltimore City and Baltimore County both received letters dated Aug. 9 stating that neither jurisdiction would be eligible for any of the more than $917.1 million the state will set aside for local transportation projects over the next six years.

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Baltimore County officials are balking at a demand from the state Department of Transportation to provide studies for requested projects saying it does not have the ability to do the work and that a new law does not bar that county's projects from being considered for funding.

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