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MDTA updates: Bay Bridge pier protection, traffic enforcement and Chesapeake Bay Crossing NEPA timeline

5823856 · September 24, 2025
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Maryland Transportation Authority officials briefed commissioners on Bay Bridge operational changes, stepped-up enforcement around red X lane violations, pier-protection design work and the schedule for the tiered NEPA Chesapeake Bay Crossing study, with draft EIS publication and hearings expected within the next year.

Bruce Gartner, executive director of the Maryland Transportation Authority, told the Queen Anne's County delegation on Sept. 23 that MDTA has increased law-enforcement presence and signage where drivers violate the red X lane control system on the Bay Bridge and that the authority is evaluating signage and other operational changes to reduce contraflow and lane-violation incidents.

Gartner said MDTA…

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