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Biden’s infrastructure program so far has sent $2.6 billion to Maryland
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by Biden in November 2021, has been touted as a once-in-a-generation piece of legislation and the president is highlighting it as one of his key accomplishments as he makes his bid for reelection.
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At Baltimore’s port, Biden touts ‘once-in-a-generation’ infrastructure investments
By KELLY LIVINGSTON and BRITTANY N. GADDY Capital News Service BALTIMORE – Against a...
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Hogan on future plans: ‘I really don’t know what I am going to do’
Hogan, 65, is Maryland’s first two-term Republican governor since the 1950s. He has served as chairman of the National Governors Association and has not ruled out running for president in 2024.
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Van Hollen: Infrastructure is more than just ‘roads and bridges’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Friday lauded the Biden administration’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan proposal for its inclusion of non-traditional items and its focus on improving both racial and economic equity throughout the nation.
Read MoreFreshman congressman Delaney tackles big needs with innovative financing
Freshman Congressman John Delaney on Wednesday plans to roll out his signature legislative initiative for his first term — a plan for a national infrastructure bank that requires no federal appropriations. But as an effort to fund U.S. needs for roads, bridges, airports, communications and school buildings, he says he’s rounded up support from the GOP and his own party, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and unions.
Read MoreCommission recommends transportation fund lockdown, increasing revenues by $800M
The best way to improve Maryland’s transportation system is to lock down the transportation trust fund, and start raising $800 million per year in new funds to maintain infrastructure, a state transportation committee is recommending to the governor and General Assembly.
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Funding put the final touches on its report Monday.
Read MoreMaryland’s infrastructure gets a C-, engineers say
Maryland’s aging and ill-maintained transit, roads, dams, bridges and storm water systems earned a barely passing grade of C-, according to the 2011 Report Card for Maryland’s Infrastructure prepared by the Maryland Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
No aspect of Maryland’s infrastructure earned a very good grade on the report card. Worst was the storm water system, which received a D. Transit and roads – as well as the drinking water infrastructure in the Baltimore area – received marks of C-, while dams and the Baltimore area’s wastewater system received Cs. The state’s bridges received a B-, the highest grade given.
Read MoreCoalition backs tax hikes for roads, transit, along with a “lockbox” to protect the money
Senate Majority Leader Rob Garagiola plans on introducing a major tax package to pump $400 million to $600 million a year into the dwindling transportation trust fund, along with a constitutional amendment to put the fund into a “lockbox” so it can’t be raided for other purposes.
A new coalition of 32 business and consumer groups known as the Statewide Transportation Alliance to Restore the Trust (START) is backing the move.
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