From the office of Sen. Nancy Jacobs: You told the Maryland Transportation Authority Board members your stories that your doctors, your friends, your schools and children’s games are often located across the Hatem Bridge. You told them how times are tight, that people are hurting and it’s no time to raise tolls that could drastically […]
Decision on Hatem Bridge Toll Increase May be Delayed; 4,000 People Submitted Comments and Testimony to Maryland Transportation Authority
Maryland Transportation Authority officials may have been persuaded by the large turnout and impassioned pleas during a series of public hearings earlier this summer in Havre de Grace and Perryville to the point that changes to their proposal for the Hatem Bridge “were likely” and the toll hike expected in October, “would likely be delayed,” […]
Deafening Silence from Aberdeen Mayor and City Council While Their Citizens Begged for Mercy from Hatem Bridge Toll Increases
By Patrick McGrady Special to The Dagger There were raucous hearings held about the proposed MdTA toll increases on June 17 and June 27 in Perryville and Havre de Grace, respectively. There were many people present from Havre de Grace, Edgewood, Aberdeen, and all over Cecil County. Also in attendance were several elected representatives including […]
“Hatem Bridge is O’Malley’s Berlin Wall” and Other Angry Utterances from Havre de Grace Toll Hearing
Not to be outdone their counterparts on the Cecil County side of the Susquehanna River two weeks ago, hundreds of Harford County residents flooded the Havre de Grace Activity Center Monday night in opposition to a proposed hike in tolls on the state Route 40 Hatem Bridge. Crowds in the community center were estimated at […]
Hostile Crowd of More Than 1,000 in Perryville Protest Proposed Toll Increase on Hatem Bridge
A public meeting to discuss increasing the tolls on the state Route 40 Hatem Bridge over the Susquehanna River brought together more than 1,000 residents of Harford and Cecil counties Thursday night to speak out against the toll hike. Many of those present also protested against the proposal prior to the hearing at Perryville High […]