WMAR-TV & Baltimore Sun - Mon June 13, 2022
Maryland's Aging Baltimore Arena Ready for $150M Renovation Effort
The 60-year-old Baltimore Arena is officially getting a face-lift. Oak View Group (OVG) held a private groundbreaking ceremony June 9 at the city-owned arena — known as Royal Farms Arena until next February — in downtown Baltimore....
WTOP Radio News & Howard County, Md - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: Maryland County Secures Loan to Build Tunnel in Flood-Prone Ellicott City
The largest and potentially most-effective aspect of Howard County, Maryland's $165 million plan to minimize flooding along Main Street in historic Ellicott City will break ground later this year. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced May 24 in a press release that the county has secured a low-interest loan to build a 5,000-ft.-long tunnel that will divert water away from Ellicott City's Main Street and into the nearby Patapsco River....
Maryland Matters & CEG - Wed May 11, 2022
Treasury Department to Build $1.4B Facility in Maryland to Print U.S. Currency
The U.S. Treasury Department announced recently that it will replace its main currency-printing plant in Washington, D.C., with a new $1.4 billion production facility in Beltsville, Md. The federal government will build the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) plant on the current site of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a federal facility, in Prince George's County....
Washington Post & WTOP Radio - Tue April 26, 2022
Maryland Chooses Site for New Span of Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) has chosen a 2-mi.-wide corridor at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as the best spot for an additional span, adding that the plan would relieve the most traffic congestion for weekend beachgoers and Eastern Shore commuters....
Merlo - Tue April 26, 2022
Westminster Hydraulics Now a Merlo Dealer
Westminster Hydraulics in Taneytown, Md., is now a Merlo dealer. Mid-Atlantic area businesses needing truck mounted equipment, liftgates, cranes and attachments now can get what they need at Westminster Hydraulics....
Washington Post - Mon April 18, 2022
Maryland's Purple Line Light Rail Can Finally Proceed After $2.3B Contract Signed
A $2.3 billion contract between the private consortium managing Maryland's Purple Line project and a new construction team to complete the long-awaited light-rail line has been signed, according to the consortium and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)....
Maryland Transportation Authority & Maryland Matters - Tue March 29, 2022
Maryland-Virginia Nice/Middleton Bridge Replacement Gets $200M Federal Loan
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on March 15 approved a $200 million federal loan to finance part of the $636 million replacement of the Nice/Middleton Bridge, an 81-year-old span across the Potomac River between Newburg, in Charles County, Md., and King George County in Virginia....
Maryland Matters - Sat January 22, 2022
Upgrade to Maryland's State House Dome First Step in $34M Restoration Effort
The historic State House dome in Annapolis, Md., will soon get a facelift. The state's board of public works (BPW) signed off on a $1.5 million contract to revamp the façade of the State House on Jan....
Cumberland Times-News - Thu January 27, 2022
Upgrades to U.S. 219 in MD to Benefit from $55M in Federal Grants
The plans to improve U.S. Highway 219 in Garrett County, Md., received a big boost the last week of January when Maryland lawmakers announced that $55 million in federal funding has been awarded to the state to continue construction of part of its highway system....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 30, 2021
Wagman Leads MD 32 Widening Work
A Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) project involving MD 32 at Linden Church Road in Howard County is heading toward a summer 2022 completion date. Construction started in June 2019 on the $126.8 million project, which was awarded to Wagman Heavy Civil Inc....
