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SHA Releases Route 90 Study Results

SHA Releases Route 90 Study Results
This image from the Route 90 Planning and Environmental Linkages Report illlustrates one of several concepts for Route 90. This one features a roundabout where Route 90 meets Coastal Highway.

OCEAN CITY – The results of a Route 90 corridor study show a majority of respondents support a preliminary design that includes two additional lanes and a new four-lane bridge.

On Thursday, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) released the results of its Route 90 Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study, which evaluates the Route 90 corridor between Route 50 and Coastal Highway.

According to the report, 39% of respondents supported a design that adds a lane in both directions of the existing highway, while 32% of respondents supported a design that adds a second two-lane road to either the north or south of the existing highway, with a median in between. Simply put, both favored options propose a four-lane highway from Route 113 to Coastal Highway, with a new four-lane bridge to either the north or south of the existing span.

“The MD 90 study provides us with the information we need to accurately access this vital corridor and summarize recommendations to help us prioritize projects,” said State Highway Administration Administrator Tim Smith. “Results will be used for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for potential projects in this area.”

For years, local officials in Ocean City and Worcester County have advocated for improvements to the Route 90 corridor, including an expansion of the current highway and its two bridges from two lanes to four. Officials have argued those changes would not only ease access in and out of the resort for members of the public but would improve travel for emergency service vehicles.

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13 thoughts on “SHA Releases Route 90 Study Results”

  1. They’re seriously going to expect summer tourists who already drive terribly and have no idea where they’re going to navigate a multi-lane roundabout right in front of one of the busiest, most car accident prone stretches of road in town?

    1. eh, so tourists are the problem?
      hardly.
      locals still cant navigate the round-abouts that have been here for years.

  2. Proves again how the STATE hires and promotes the biggest IDIOTS to be HEADS of DEPARTMENTS and has NO IDEA how TO DO THEIR JOB. This proves the TRANSPORTATION DEPT> knows nothing about LOGISTICS and SAFTY.. THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC WAY.

  3. Glen Burnie to West Ocean City subway. It can be finished in 10 years. Somebody please great that silver shovel out and dig the first hole

    1. I’m thinking the opposite. Tear down the Bay Bridge and put a wall up between Delaware and PA/NJ. The only people who come from those areas are wanna be thugs and bad driving, A-hole tourists.

  4. That is so immature 6:46, not much thought went into that comment. Where will we get our much needed products, like vehicles, clothing, coal, etc, etc and food. There are no sea ports on the Eastern Shore for importing, and railroads can’t go through walls. We do have plenty of chicken here though. Lol

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