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State Highway officials update Bowie council on MD 197, US 301 projects, trash and traffic-timing efforts
Summary
Maryland SHA told Bowie Council several major corridor projects remain in the long-range needs inventory but were pulled from the near-term CTP for budget reasons; SHA provided schedules for design resumes, traffic studies and short-term maintenance commitments.
Representatives from the Maryland State Highway Administration briefed the Bowie City Council on June 2 about major corridor projects, maintenance responsibilities and short-term traffic and pedestrian safety actions on state routes that run through the city.
David Rogers, SHA regional planner, told the council that larger projects — including segments of the U.S. 301 South Corridor study and a Maryland 3 widening project covering the Bowie portion from U.S. 50 north — were pulled from the near-term Maryland Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for budgetary reasons but “remain in the State Highway’s Highway Needs Inventory,” a long-range planning document. Rogers said the Maryland 197 widening project design will resume in the summer of 2026 (fiscal year 2027) and that the project was 50% through design before budget constraints paused…
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