MDOT has $10.8 million budgeted for significant work over next five years
The only major road in Worcester County getting any state funding anytime soon is Route 90, according to a report on transportation spending issued this week.
The Maryland Department of Transportation has budgeted $10.8 million for operational improvements to Route 90 for fiscal years 2026 through 2031, according to a draft capital projects update released Tuesday. The report says both of Route 90’s bridges over the St. Martin River and Assawoman Bay would be included in any upgrades.
Additional travel lanes, interchange, and at-grade intersections would be evaluated, as well as pedestrian and bicycle needs along Route 90, which is also known as the Ocean City Expressway. The report notes that an environmental analysis and engineering are anticipated to begin during fiscal year 2027.
Approximately $1.85 million already has been spent out of a $12.6 million budget for planning and engineering during fiscal year 2025, which ended June 30, according to the report.
Worcester County officials have made it clear to the State Highway Administration that Route 90 bridges into Ocean City were their top priority, according to SHA Administrator Will Pines.
“We got a very old bridge that needs lots of work, that is one of the two routes into Ocean City from Maryland, that has a lot of age behind it,” Pines told OC Today-Dispatch in an interview in May. “That’s the feature project. That’s the one that the county asked for. That’s the major infrastructure need for the area.”
More Wildlife displaced…
Maybe other State Police can shoot at them with Air rifles