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Garrett County forwards transportation priority letter, seeks funding for US 220 extension, shared-use paths and trails
Summary
The county planning staff outlined a multi-project transportation priority letter—led by a US 220 extension request and including shared-use paths on Maryland 135, Traders Landing safety work, transit capital, Oakland Bypass, and multi-use trails—and the planning commission voted to forward the prioritized list to county commissioners for final approval.
Garrett County planning staff presented a packaged list of transportation priorities April 2 and the planning commission voted to forward the list and related Pathways recommendations to the county commissioners for final approval.
Speaker 6, who led the presentation, said the county’s top request is funding for detailed engineering on the US 220 North extension to the Pennsylvania state line; PennDOT has submitted an environmental review to the Federal Highway Administration and the county is asking MDOT to keep the project in the pipeline. "We're requesting MDOT to allocate funding for detailed engineering and moving that project forward," Speaker 6 said.
The priority letter also lists corridor safety…
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