A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge Friday dissolved a restraining order that prevented the Board of Public Works from awarding a contract to redevelop two Interstate 95 travel plazas. With the restraining order rescinded, the board is free to vote ...

Tagged with: areas usa Beverley K. Swaim-Staley Chesapeake House hmshost Maryland Attorney General's Office maryland board of public works maryland house maryland transportation authority mdta P3 public-private partnership

ANNAPOLIS — Still bristling over recent toll hikes, a group of state lawmakers are calling for the General Assembly to reclaim the power to set tolls on Maryland tunnels, bridges and roads. “That’s what people send us here to do,” ...

Tagged with: Annapolis General Assembly inter-county connector Martin O'Malley maryland mdta senate minority leader e.j. pipkin toll tolls

The free ride is over. Drivers cruising the Inter-County Connector will pay to use Maryland’s most expensive highway starting Monday. The road — officially Route 200 — opened in full Nov. 22, providing motorists a high-speed connection between Interstates 95 ...

Tagged with: department of transportation gaithersburg highway inter-county connector Laurel maryland mdta rush hour tolls

ANNAPOLIS — A 16-mile light rail proposal between Bethesda and New Carrollton has received federal approval to move into a preliminary engineering phase, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday. The approval by the Federal Transit Administration means the project moves to ...

Tagged with: amtrak bethesda college park Federal Transit Administration marc Martin O'Malley maryland transit administration mdta new carrollton orange line purple line Red Line woodlawn

Gov. Martin O’Malley tapped Harold Bartlett on Tuesday to run the Maryland Transportation Authority, the toll agency that has been under fire recently for raising the cost to drive its tunnels, bridges and highways. Bartlett is a veteran of the ...

Tagged with: Highways/Roads ICC maryland department of transportation maryland transportation authority mdta Montgomery County tolls Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley

More than 100 angry, toll-paying drivers decried a plan to raise the cost of traveling on some state roads, highways and tunnels twice in the next two years at Dundalk Middle School on Tuesday night. “It’s an absurdity to make ...

Tagged with: bay bridge Eastern Shore increase interstate maryland maryland transportation authority mdta tolls Transportation

The state’s highest court has handed Gov. Martin O’Malley a win in a dispute with the union representing Maryland Transportation Authority police officers, finding that his administration had no duty to continue the “Take-Home Vehicle” program funded in the last ...

Tagged with: baltimore city circuit court Martin O'Malley maryland court of appeals mdta police robert l. ehrlich jr. vehicle

Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff

Tagged with: daily record ICC intercounty connector maryland transportation authority mdta motorists Photo of the Day rich dennison