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Council presses DOT on delivery as it OKs $15.5M Hannibal Street NEPA study and $1M for traffic calming
Summary
Council members raised repeated concerns about the Department of Transportation's ability to execute projects as the Budget Appropriations Committee approved a $15.5M engineering/NEPA package for the Hannibal Street Corridor and a $1M transfer for neighborhood traffic calming, and asked DOT for written follow-ups on unspent funds and timelines.
Council members pressed the Baltimore City Department of Transportation on project delivery and prior fund misallocations as the Budget Appropriations Committee approved funding to advance design and preliminary environmental work on the Hannibal Street Corridor and to transfer funds for neighborhood traffic calming.
Councilman Isaac Schleifer asked agency staff why the city should transfer more money to DOT when existing allocations remain unspent. "Why should we transfer money toward new projects when you can't execute on current projects that you have and that you have funding for and that you started and just haven't had the capacity or ability to finish?" he asked. DOT staff said some prior allocations were mislabeled…
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