Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) blasted federal transportation officials for delaying a decision that would have cleared the way for him to move forward with a plan to build toll lanes on Interstate 270 and part of the Capital Beltway, according to a letter.
Hogan said he was “completely blindsided” and chided the acting administrator of the Federal Highway Administration for failing to approve the state’s environmental plan for the project by a Friday target date. In the letter, addressed to President Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Hogan urged that they overturn the decision to take more time to study the issue.
“If action is not taken to immediately rectify this improper decision, we are prepared to use every tool at our disposal — up to and including legal action,” Hogan said in the letter. “While we do not want it to come to that, these reckless and apparently politically-motivated actions may leave us with no other choice.
In June, Maryland officials released the final environmental impact statement for the project. Officials from the FHWA must sign off on the FEIS and issue a “record of decision” in order for the project to receive federal funding. MDOT officials also have said they will not move forward until they receive that approval.
The plan to widen part of the Capital Beltway and I-270, two of the region’s most congested highways, has been years in the making and is Hogan’s signature traffic-relief initiative. But with only a few months left in office, Hogan’s window for moving the project forward is narrowing.
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