Since the MD government routinely RAIDED the transportation budget to fund "pet projects" - it should shit-can them now and just tell the recipients [whose votes they bought] that the state cannot afford them now ...
BTW - We just had a toll increase here on all roads and bridges after the legislature found out that the new ICC Toll Road [the Inter-County Connector: aka the Road To Nowhere] WILL NOT PAY FOR ITSELF - LIKE THE LEGISLATURE PROMISED IT WOULD ...
Another BTW: O'Malley has delusions of grandeur - he thinks he can be President. BUT, a recent poll shows that 60% of MD residents think he would suck at it and WOULD NOT vote for him. You are REALLY a putz if you can't even win your own state ...
The MTA proposed the toll increases. Legislative pressure offered by people like Senator Nancy Jacobs get the MTA to dial back the increases a little bit. The increases will also be used to pay off bonds for the I-95 express lanes north of Baltimore. I’m sure those will be completed any year now...maybe.