Maryland Department of Transportation Visits Cecil and Harford Counties as Part of Statewide Transportation Tour

​HANOVER, MD (November 5, 2025) - Maryland Transportation Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle met today with officials from Cecil and Harford counties to discuss the Department's Draft Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2031. The spending plan calls for a $21.5 billion, six-year investment in projects and programs aimed at enhancing safety, maintaining the state's transportation system to keep it in working order and driving economic growth.

"Listening and engaging with local elected leaders and Marylanders is critical in successfully delivering the state's capital program," said Acting Secretary Biddle. "The feedback we receive helps us to better serve the State and deliver a program that aligns with our shared goals to uplift communities and enhance connections to opportunities."

At Wednesday's meetings, transportation officials offered details and updates of several projects and programs affecting Cecil and Harford counties. In addition to Acting Secretary Biddle, several other transportation officials attended the meetings and provided updates including officials with the State Highway Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, Maryland Aviation Administration and Maryland Transportation Authority.

Acting Secretary Biddle highlighted investments to advance important rail projects along the Northeast Corridor, including the bridge replacement programs over the Susquehanna, Bush and Gunpowder Falls rivers. She also noted continuing to fund construction of the new Belvidere Road interchange along I-95 in Cecil and enhancements to pedestrian and bicyclist safety with a Pedestrian Action Plan project along US 40 in Harford.

State Highway Administrator Will Pines highlighted the agency's commitment to move forward with multimodal projects that improve safety, accessibility and mobility statewide for all users - motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and highway workers.

Administrator Pines noted that in Cecil County, SHA is cleaning and painting several bridges, including US 40 over Little Elk Creek - which will be completed by the end of this month. In Harford County, SHA recently completed the reconstruction of MD 24 - a project that protects stream banks, replaced guardrails and resurfaced MD 24 from south of Sharon Road to north of Ferncliff Lane. Also in Harford, design is progressing for the $22.7 million project to replace the US 1 Bridge over Winters Run and Tollgate Road, with construction expected to begin in fall 2026.

Among other important local investments in the Draft Consolidated Transportation Program:

The meetings were part of the Maryland Department of Transportation's tour of all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City to discuss the funding plan and receive input from local officials and the public. The tour concludes today.

The six-year Draft CTP outlines capital investments in each mode funded by the Transportation Trust Fund: Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, State Highway Administration and The Secretary's Office, as well as Maryland's investment in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Maryland Transportation Authority's toll facilities are financed, constructed, operated and maintained with toll revenues paid by customers using those facilities.

Following the tour, the Maryland Department of Transportation will finalize the Draft CTP and submit the Final Fiscal Year 2026-2031 CTP to the Legislature in January for consideration during the 2026 General Assembly session.