Friends of Harford: Public Hearing June 26 Regarding Wetland and Waterways Disturbance for I-95 Express Toll Lane Project

From Friends of Harford:

Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has scheduled a public information hearing on: Application by Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) for a Nontidal Wetland and Waterways Permit connected to the I-95 Section 200 plan.

Meeting Date/Time: Wednesday June 26, 2013 – project plans will be on display from 6:30 to 7:00 pm, the public hearing begins promptly at 7:00.
Meeting Location: Abingdon Fire Hall, Station 1, 3306 Abingdon Rd, Abingdon
I-95 Section 200 is from Route 43 in White Marsh to Route 22 in Aberdeen.

A previously published Corps of Engineers (CoE) Public Notice describing this application is here. (The link to site drawings found within this CoE notice may cause your web browser/security software to warn of a security risk (mine did). The site is safe.)

Friends of Harford has found the same drawings on the MDE site here. This drawing file may be too large for those with slower internet service. Friends of Harford has also extracted the five drawings pertinent to the Rte 152 / I-95 Park and Ride lot relocation here (overview) and here (four detailed drawings).

Additional information from MDE:

The public information hearing allows the applicant and interested persons the opportunity to present facts and make statements for or against the granting of the permit(s).

Only those comments pertinent to the areas regulated by the Maryland Department of the Environment will be considered in the decision to grant or deny authorization for the project.

For more information, contact Ms. Danielle Spendiff, MDE at 410-537-3731, 1-800-633-6101 (ext. 3731) or by email at dspendiff@mde.state.md.us