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Morse Road residents try to stop construction of oil storage tank farm [50 years ago]

Residents of Morse Road in Western Harford County filed suit in Circuit Court against the Colonial Oil Company and the County Board of Zoning Appeals to stop construction of an oil storage tank farm. The court action followed an Appeals Board decision to permit construction on a 300-acre farm. The oil company qualified as a public utility and would construct a 30-by-60-foot building and five oil storage tanks which would be confined to a 25-acre space.


Grand Prix of Baltimore track build shortened by 10 days

The construction time of this year's Grand Prix of Baltimore course has been reduced by 10 days, softening the effects on city traffic and downtown businesses, officials for the Labor Day weekend event announced Tuesday.


Grand Prix of Baltimore track build shortened by 10 days

The construction time of this year's Grand Prix of Baltimore course has been reduced by 10 days, softening the effects on city traffic and downtown businesses, officials for the Labor Day weekend event announced Tuesday.

Grand Prix of Baltimore track build shortened by 10 days


Harford County

Joppa church's property in cross-hairs for I-95 expansion

Even though a state project to add express toll lanes to I-95 in Harford County, and possibly build a new park-and-ride lot near the highway interchange with Route 152 (Mountain Road) in the Joppa area, is years away, state transportation officials are continuing their quest for environmental permits.

Joppa church's property in cross-hairs for I-95 expansion





Obituaries

Walter E. Woodford Jr., highway engineer

Walter E. Woodford Jr., a state highway engineer and executive who supervised road construction from Ocean City to Garrett County and headed building of the second span of the Bay Bridge in 1973, died of congestive heart failure May 22 at the Hospice Center in Centreville. He was 88 and had lived in Timonium and Centreville.

Walter E. Woodford Jr., highway engineer












Maryland

General Assembly approves gas tax hike

The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase, raising costs for motorists while providing an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new roads and mass transit projects.

General Assembly approves gas tax hike





Gas tax is not the answer to Maryland's traffic problems [Letter]

With gasoline prices hovering at the $4 a gallon level, Maryland motorists can ill afford to pony up even more. According to Americans for Prosperity Maryland, Maryland motorists are facing a gas tax increase of more than 60 percent if O'Malley's transportation funding proposal becomes law.





Harford County

More traffic study requested for MedStar project in Bel Air South

MedStar Health's plan to build a $30 million medical facility on the outskirts of Bel Air, at Emmorton and Plumtree roads, cleared nearly every aspect of a Harford County Development Advisory Committee review Wednesday morning. The one exception was the proposed traffic plan for a key intersection south of the site.

More traffic study requested for MedStar project in Bel Air South


State funding plan elusive for roads, transit

As the General Assembly nears the halfway point in its 90-day session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and key legislators have yet to agree on a plan to pay for new roads, bridges and transit lines – a decision many consider critical to Maryland's economy.

State funding plan elusive for roads, transit





Carroll County schools endure chaotic day due to snow

Carroll County school system officials and principals say snow hit at exactly the wrong time for decision-making on whether to close schools, resulting in a late decision that forced some buses to bring kids back home again.

Carroll County schools endure chaotic day due to snow

Politics

Miller to push regional transportation funding

Attempting to break a years-long stalemate over transportation revenue, Senate President Thomas V. Miller intends to introduce his own legislation this year to provide new funding for roads ands transit using methods that break out of Maryland's traditional formulas.





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