The bidding process last year for a contract to improve Route 2/4 in Calvert County violated state procurement laws, according to a state board that decides bid and contract disputes. The Maryland Board of Contract Appeals ruled Feb. 6 that the solicitation for the ...

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HANOVER — The Maryland State Highway Administration is preparing for winter with improved technology that the agency said will clear roads more efficiently, curb salt usage and provide more information to drivers. The highway agency on Wednesday demonstrated an infrared ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland is looking for new high-tech ways to reduce gridlock on one of the most congested highways in the Washington suburbs. The Washington Post reports the state’s highway agency says it will ask companies to propose their solutions ...

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LUKE — The State Highway Administration says a western Maryland highway that’s been reduced to one lane by a rock slide could stay partly closed for up to a month. Spokesman David Buck says workers will place a temporary traffic ...

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LUKE — State Highway Administration geologists are assessing the stability of a mountainside in the western Maryland town of Luke after a rock slide prompted closure of state Route 135 over the weekend. Spokesman David Buck said Monday that one ...

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Tim Hyman's photography documented highway projects under construction and the faces of the Maryland residents who built them.

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Snow monsters will be set loose on Maryland highways this winter.

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A coalition of county and local officials and economic development directors said the state's business climate suffers at the hands of regulatory agencies and a non-competitive tax structure.

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The State Highway Administration’s effort to build a sound barrier in Rockville has hit a barrier of its own.

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ANNAPOLIS — Bill Hubbard of Ferndale was driving home from work when he noticed the beautiful scenery he had become accustomed to was missing. Off to the sides of Route 100, it was completely leveled off. Everything was gone. “They ...

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