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"If the govs want to take long distance traffic off the Beltway, all they have to do is upgrade US-301 between Bowling Green and US-50 and then hook it up to I-95 in the south, reroute I-97 over MD-3 and call the whole thing I-97, the Washington-bypass. The road is there, the ROW is there, southern MD needs congestion relief."
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As a matter of fact, the possibility of creating such a route has been long proposed - and long opposed by NIMBY's and the assorted road-hating rabble who come out of the woodwork at the very mention of expanding road capacity in this region.

But who knows? The road-haters failed miserably at stopping the ICC (they are now reduced to whining about the cost, which their delaying tactics helped to increase) so maybe all isn't lost. Maybe one day, we can drive around our own region fairly easily while the long-distance traffic uses the bypass - like in every other major US city.

by ceefer66 on Mar 29, 2012 4:42 pm • link • report

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