Mon August 28, 2017
Fluor-Led Joint Venture Breaks Ground on $5.6B Maryland Transit Project
Fluor Corporation announced Aug. 28, that the Purple Line Transit Partners joint venture team, comprised of Fluor, Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line, LLC, and Star America Purple Line, LLC, broke ground on the Purple Line Light Rail project for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)....
Mon June 12, 2017
Rahn Outlines Suspension of Key Elements of Purple Line Project
Given recent court litigation that has caused extensive and expensive delays in the $5.6 billion Purple Line project, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Pete K. Rahn outlined a path forward for the Purple Line....
Fri May 26, 2017
MDOT's Rahn Presses Congress to Fund Port Projects
Congress has not been providing enough funding to pay for seaport harbor deepening projects it authorized in water resources legislation, Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn told a Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee....
Wed March 08, 2017
MDOT's Highway Administration Names Conners, Smith as Deputy Administrators
The Maryland Department of Transportation's (MDOT) State Highway Administration (SHA) Administrator Gregory Johnson announced that he named Lisa B. "Betty" Conners as deputy administrator of administration and Tim Smith as deputy administrator, chief engineer of operations....
Wed January 11, 2017
$105M I-81 Corridor Widening Begins in Washington County
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Deputy Transportation Secretary James F. Ports Jr., announced the start of construction to widen I-81 (Maryland Veterans Memorial Highway). The $105 million project is the first phase of improvements to enhance safety and relieve traffic congestion along the heavily traveled corridor....
Wed September 07, 2016
Bridge Work to Begin on Salisbury Bypass
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (SHA) has begun a nearly two-year project to rehabilitate 11 bridges on U.S. 13/U.S. 50 (Salisbury Bypass) in Salisbury, Md....
Tue September 06, 2016
$10M Grant Approved for 'North Avenue Rising' Project
Federal, state and local officials gathered at Coppin State University to celebrate the award of a $10 million federal grant for the North Avenue Rising project in Baltimore City, which is part of the Hogan administration's transformative BaltimoreLink transit improvement plan....
