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Contact: Maryland Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs
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Officials Outline Six-Year Draft Capital Budget and Provide Local Project Updates

HANOVER, MD (October 20, 2025) – Maryland Transportation Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle met today with officials from Anne Arundel County to discuss the Department’s Draft Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2031. The spending plan calls for a $21.5 billion, six-year investment in projects and programs aimed at enhancing safety, maintaining the state’s transportation system to keep it in working order and driving economic growth.

“Listening and engaging with local elected leaders and Marylanders is critical in successfully delivering the State’s capital program,” said Acting Secretary Biddle. “The feedback we receive helps us to better serve the State and deliver a program that aligns with our shared goals to uplift communities and enhance connections to opportunities.”

Safety is the Maryland Department of Transportation’s top priority. The Department’s Serious About Safety initiative is reflected in the Draft CTP, with projects that prioritize the safety of all users, including pedestrians and bicyclists. Serious About Safety builds on the Department’s progress and accelerates work toward the State’s goal to save lives and bend the curve on the number of fatalities and serious injuries on Maryland roads. To view the full Draft FY 2026-2031 Consolidated Transportation Program, go to ctp.maryland.gov.

At Monday’s meeting, transportation officials offered details and updates of several projects and programs affecting Anne Arundel County. In addition to Acting Secretary Biddle, several other transportation officials attended the meeting and provided updates including officials with the State Highway Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Administration and Maryland Transportation Authority.

Acting Secretary Biddle highlighted investments to get transit in the Baltimore region back on track, efforts to advance transit-oriented development at Odenton and Cromwell and progress with the Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study.

State Highway Administrator Will Pines said the agency’s commitment to move forward with multimodal projects that improve safety, accessibility and mobility statewide for all users – motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and highway workers.

Administrator Pines noted the spending plan advances a safety and capacity project along I-97 between US 50 and Crain Highway (MD 3). State Highway has partnered with the county to advance the $113.8 million project to widen I-97. The project will add a lane on both sides of the interstate between MD 32 and US 50 – and will widen the I-97 northbound bridge over MD 450 and I-97 bridges over Crownsville Road. The county is contributing $10.6 million toward design and construction.

Among other important local investments in the Draft Consolidated Transportation Program:

• $127 million to complete BWI Marshall Airport's A/B Connector and Baggage Handling System upgrade.
• Nearly $3.3 million in grants to support Anne Arundel County’s local transit operations including funding for the rideshare program and four small buses.
• Resources for the design of enhancement projects along the MARC system, including the Penn-Camden Connector. These projects will improve system reliability and flexibility.
• Work is continuing on the $82.3 million interchange project at MD 175 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, with completion targeted for fall 2027.
• Anne Arundel will receive a $400,000 Transportation Alternatives grant to help fund a Safe Routes to School coordinator.
• And a Kim Lamphier Bikeways grant of $240,000 will be used to help close bikeways gaps between Waterworks Park and the South Shore Trail.

The meeting was part of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s tour of all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City to discuss the funding plan and receive input from local officials and the public. The tour continues into November. Dates and locations for upcoming sessions can be found here. The schedule is subject to change and will be updated as needed throughout the process.

The six-year Draft CTP outlines capital investments in each mode funded by the Transportation Trust Fund: Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, State Highway Administration and The Secretary's Office, as well as Maryland's investment in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Maryland Transportation Authority's toll facilities are financed, constructed, operated and maintained with toll revenues paid by customers using those facilities.

Following the tour, the Maryland Department of Transportation will finalize the Draft CTP and submit the Final Fiscal Year 2026-2031 CTP to the Legislature in January for consideration during the 2026 General Assembly session.