OCEAN CITY — Resort officials were presented their bi-annual spring update from the State Highway Administration (SHA) on various traffic-related projects finished or in the planning stage in and around the Ocean City area.
Twice a year, SHA officials come before the Mayor and Council to provide an update on various projects, upgrades and future plans in and around the resort area. On Tuesday, SHA District Engineer Jay Meredith and his staff came before an abbreviated council with just four sitting members present to provide the annual update.
There are no major repaving projects planned for Coastal Highway in the next cycle, although the Route 90 corridor expansion project approved last summer by Gov. Larry Hogan is in the environmental assessment phase. Otherwise, Meredith provided a punch list of SHA projects around the resort to improve traffic flows and enhance pedestrian safety, for example.
Meredith said SHA’s year in Ocean City got off to an unusual start with a major snowstorm in January. SHA crews deployed a new snow removal plan for Coastal Highway in which heavy snow was pumped from the highway into trucks before being transported to the Inlet parking lot.
“This year has brought many challenges already,” he said. “We had a major snowstorm in January and we had Coastal Highway completely opened within 48 hours. The new, innovative snow removal approach was very successful.”
Terrible dualization of 90. There is to much road rage and excessive speed on it. When is these concerns going to be addressed instead of how idiots can be packed in OC? This is the same reason the STATE wants to expand the BAY BRIDGE.
The STATE, OC and other greedy people don’t care about the safety of other drivers. Look at 50 during the summer months.
Look at rt 50 all year long
Full of raging idiots 24/7
Unless they will be expanding the RT 90 bridge into Ocean City, this is a pretty stupid idea (to me)…..politicians want to funnel 2 lanes into one at the bridge?
How do you think that will work out, as drivers (LOTS of teenage drivers, too) jockey for position at the last minute, trying to merge into one lane?
Road rage on RT 90? You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet….
Amen! Need to replace the 50 bridge….need to expand 589….route 90 12 mile expansion…why?