Lawyers for the losing bidder on a project to renovate two Interstate 95 travel plazas will try to convince the Board of Public Works on Wednesday that the Maryland Transportation Authority violated procurement law in the bid process. The board ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Legislation creating rules of the road for public-private partnerships in Maryland would create a predictable and transparent process for awarding such contracts, according to Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown. Brown, along with Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley and a dozen ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The culture at the procurement arm of the State Highway Administration dealing with construction inspection comes from an “unacceptable pattern of poor contract management and administration in the organization,” Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley told legislators Tuesday. Swaim-Staley was ...

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Thanks to the intervention of the Maryland Department of Transportation, ground will be broken Thursday for the first building in the long-stalled $220 million Metro Centre at Owings Mills project. The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a transit-oriented development at ...

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HANOVER — Maryland has partnered with the State Farm Insurance Agency to expand its roadside assistance programs. Under the three-year agreement, the insurance company will spend $1.3 million to add two more vehicles to the state’s emergency patrol program. It ...

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