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Oct. 13, 2011
Maryland Department of Transportation (DOT)and State Highway Administration (SHA) personnel conducted their annual consultation meeting with local officials and residents last Friday morning at the courthouse.
Each fall, transportation and highway officials visit Baltimore City and every county in the state to present their six-year Consolidated Transportation Program draft and to review local priorities and funding needs.
Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley indicated Garrett County’s requests are small compared to other areas of the state.
“Garrett County, you all are modest in your requests,” Swaim-Staley said. “If we were to add up all of the 24 jurisdictions’ number one priorities, they would total over $12 billion.”
She noted, however, that even if the DOT’s funding level were increased by $1 billion, which would be a significant level, it would take a “very, very long time” to complete each one of those priorities.
“We continue to have significant funding challenges, as a country and as a state,” Swaim-Staley said.
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