Thursday, March 23, 2006
Md.: Highway Expected to Get Green Light
Intercounty Connector
Highway Expected to Get Green Light
By Steven Ginsberg
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 23, 2006; Page B02
The public comment period for the intercounty connector ends today, despite objections from the highway's opponents, moving the decades-old project a step closer to a 2006 construction start, Maryland officials said yesterday.
In the final step before the state starts buying land and building the road, the Federal Highway Administration will review comments submitted by residents and interest groups and will render a final decision on the project. State officials said they expect a favorable decision this spring and plan to begin construction as soon as this summer.
Let's just say that the InterCounty Connector (ICC) has been on Maryland's planning maps for about 50 years, and much development (especially in Montgomery County) has been approved with the understanding that this highway would be built.
And in spite of Maryland's ex-Gov. Parris N. Glendening's effort to kill the ICC in 1997, 1998 and 1999 (during his election campaign in 1994, which he won on a razor-thin margin, he promised to get the road built), it's been needed for a long, long time.
Intercounty Connector (ICC) project study website (official State of Maryland site)
Highway Expected to Get Green Light
By Steven Ginsberg
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 23, 2006; Page B02
The public comment period for the intercounty connector ends today, despite objections from the highway's opponents, moving the decades-old project a step closer to a 2006 construction start, Maryland officials said yesterday.
In the final step before the state starts buying land and building the road, the Federal Highway Administration will review comments submitted by residents and interest groups and will render a final decision on the project. State officials said they expect a favorable decision this spring and plan to begin construction as soon as this summer.
Let's just say that the InterCounty Connector (ICC) has been on Maryland's planning maps for about 50 years, and much development (especially in Montgomery County) has been approved with the understanding that this highway would be built.
And in spite of Maryland's ex-Gov. Parris N. Glendening's effort to kill the ICC in 1997, 1998 and 1999 (during his election campaign in 1994, which he won on a razor-thin margin, he promised to get the road built), it's been needed for a long, long time.
Intercounty Connector (ICC) project study website (official State of Maryland site)
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