Route 50 Traffic Got You Down?

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 at 10:19 am by John Frenaye in Events, LIFE IN THE AREA

Meeting Scheduled For December 16th

If the Route 50 corridor traffic has you banging your steering wheel, mark your calendar for an SHA sponsored feasibility study.

From the Annapolis Mayor’s Office:

The study will develop preliminary short-term and long-term ideas for reducing congestion at peak travel times. SHA invites the public to learn more about the study and the proposed concepts. Maps will be on display, and representatives will be available to answer questions.

The event will be held:

Anne Arundel Community College West Campus.

Cade Building, Room 219
101 College Parkway, Arnold, MD, 21012
Wednesday, December 16
5-8 pm

Tags: Annapolis, anne arundel community college, Arnold, arnold md, congestion, department of transportation, SHA

2 Responses to “Route 50 Traffic Got You Down?”

SevernaPark Guy

16. Dec, 2009

Go right ahead and shuffle the chairs on the Titanic. No one and I mean no one want to discuss the elephant in the room in that the amount of cars is quickly approaching the point where the capacity to carry said number of cars is approaching zero. The number over the bridge in a given day is staggering and the growth curve is not pretty for those that travel the bridge. I believe the only alternative is to build a new span or expand the existing, both of which are very expensive. I’m sure there is some TARP money lying around to “create” jobs….use it to build a bridge. :-)
JWF

16. Dec, 2009

You are right. The problem IS the bridge. A few years back they widened Route 50 up to Rowe Blvd. But that had no effect on the traffic patterns.

Sure it made the legislators’ commute during session a bit easier and eliminated back ups on the home Navy football game weekends, but when you are trying to put a gallon of water in a quart bottle, it is just never going to work!