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A Resolution Calling for Reinvestment in Pedestrian Safety, Transit Access, Affordability, and Climate Action over Highway Expansion - For the purpose of urging the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) to align the I-97 widening project with the State's Complete Streets Policy, Vision Zero, and climate commitments, and with the City of Annapolis's adopted goals for safe streets, resilience, affordable housing, and expanded transit access; and to express the City Council's preference that State transportation funding be coordinated or reallocated toward multimodal, climate-forward, and transit-ready investments rather than highway expansion alone, including the incorporation of express bus or transit lanes designed for future upgrading to fixed-rail service, consistent with other regional fixed-rail projects advancing in Maryland.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Resolution 44-25
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by:
A RESOLUTION concerning
A Resolution Calling for Reinvestment in Pedestrian Safety, Transit Access, Affordability, and Climate Action over Highway Expansion
FOR the purpose of urging the Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) to align the I-97 widening project with the State's Complete Streets Policy, Vision Zero, and climate commitments, and with the City of Annapolis's adopted goals for safe streets, resilience, affordable housing, and expanded transit access; and to express the City Council's preference that State transportation funding be coordinated or reallocated toward multimodal, climate-forward, and transit-ready investments rather than highway expansion alone, including the incorporation of express bus or transit lanes designed for future upgrading to fixed-rail service, consistent with other regional fixed-rail projects advancing in Maryland.
WHEREAS The Maryland State Highway Administration has initiated the I-97 from US 50/US...
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