Citizens urge sidewalks, stormwater fixes, senior center funding and other local projects at CIP input meeting

The Baltimore County Planning Board's citizen input meeting for the fiscal 2027-2032 capital improvement program drew more than two dozen public speakers on Oct. 16, who urged funding for sidewalks, stormwater and drainage projects, senior-center facilities, road improvements and park projects.

Planning staff member Chris Weaver opened with a summary of the CIP process: the six-year capital program is updated annually, the capital budget is the program's first year, and funding commonly comes from general obligation bonds, metropolitan district bonds, special assessments and outside grants. Weaver emphasized that the Planning Board's citizen input meeting is the first formal step in the process; agency requests are collected and the planning board's recommendations are forwarded to the budget office, county executive and County Council as the program advances.

Speakers called…