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MDOT pushes data-driven scoring for capacity projects; stakeholders urge more testing and protections for preservation and rural areas
Summary
House Bill 230 would require MDOT to use a transparent, quantitative scoring system for new-capacity transportation projects and publish draft rankings with the Consolidated Transportation Program. MDOT and local governments supported the reform; industry groups urged more pilot results and cautioned about effects on system preservation and rural jurisdictions.
Maryland Department of Transportation officials described House Bill 230 as a statutory modernization of the state’s project prioritization process that would make new-capacity decisions more transparent and objective.
"This act introduces changes to the consolidated transportation program to make the process for selecting new surface transportation capacity projects more transparent, objective, predictable and effective," Joe McAndrew, MDOT assistant secretary for planning and project development, told the committee.
MDOT’s proposal would add an explicit feasibility‑study pathway for local requests, require MDOT to…
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