The Maryland Board of Public Works voted to move ahead on a plan to ease Capital Beltway traffic by replacing an aging bridge and creating toll lanes.

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Local jurisdictions and advocates for the Red Line and Purple Line wait to see what Gov.-elect Larry Hogan will due with the budget in regards to transportation funding.

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A few government and politics headlines.

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LAUREL — Hundreds of thousands of tolls have gone unpaid on Maryland’s Intercounty Connector, but officials hope a new law will help them crack down on toll scofflaws. Records obtained by WTOP-FM show 862,458 tolls have not been paid since ...

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Tolls have increased bridges, tunnels and other roads in Maryland. Rates went up Monday at 12:01 a.m. Passenger cars paying cash to travel the Harbor Tunnel, Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Key Bridge will now pay $4 instead of $3. ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans’ everyday lives, performing countless useful functions. A far cry from the killing machines whose missiles incinerate terrorists, these generally small, unmanned aircraft ...

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Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. testified on behalf of his transportation financing bill Wednesday, but it's not clear whether the hearing will lead to any action by the General Assembly.

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STEVENSVILLE — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says officials are closing the Bay Bridge because of Hurricane Sandy. The governor said Monday that he expected the bridge to close to traffic sometime around 2:30 on Monday afternoon. O’Malley also says the ...

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Marylanders should stay off the roads for the next 24 to 36 hours as potentially deadly Hurricane Sandy lurches toward the state, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday morning. Speaking from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown, the governor said ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County officials are concerned about how planned expansions at the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will affect traffic on Bethesda’s congested roads. The Washington Post reports the NIH plans to add ...

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