FY2011 Appropriations

Here you can see a list of the projects I believe will help improve the lives of families in Howard County, Baltimore County and Baltimore City. I've requested that these projects be funded in 2011.

FY 2011 AGRICULTURE

Argo-ecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology
Recipient: Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
Address: 124 Wye Narrows Drive, Queenstown, MD 21658
Amount Requested: $450,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would assess Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in the Chesapeake Bay according to land use and what the opportunities may be with implementation.  Results from this project will enable Maryland to be more effective in meeting the TMDL requirements established by the Environmental Protection Agency and will enable it to better frame the contingencies needed in order the necessary requirements.

Program for Advanced Research in Food Informatics, Safety and Security
Recipient: Morgan State University
Address: 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251
Amount Requested: $600,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this program would mitigate the risks of food illnesses by employing research and surveillance informatics technologies in interdisciplinary knowledge fusion to identify real and lasting solutions.

FY 2011 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE

At-Risk Youth Intervention Initiative
Recipient: Baltimore City Public School System
Address: 200 East North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because engages valuable community resources to produce measurable outcomes for students who are otherwise unlikely to succeed in school.

Center for Geography and Training
Recipient: Coppin State University
Address: 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will serve NASA’s mission to inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists, which is essential to our nation’s leadership in science.

Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (CIBAC)
Recipient: Morgan State University
Address:  1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will allow the university to continue important ongoing research and development efforts with NASA, which are needed in order to enable the development and deployment of the Next Generation Air Transportation System.

Conservation and Education Program
Recipient: National Aquarium in Baltimore
Address: Pier 3, 501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will allow the aquarium to expand its research, conservation and education programs which provide replicable techniques for aquatic animal medical care and breeding, stranded animal rescue, and ecology-based aquaculture.

Howard County Family Justice Center
Recipient: Howard County
Address: 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Amount Requested: $900,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide comprehensive counseling services to families impacted by domestic violence.

Mortgage Fraud Enforcement
Recipient: State of Maryland, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
Address: 500 North Calvert Street, Suite 402, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3651
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will allow the State of Maryland to better to detect and eradicate small-scale cases of mortgage fraud.   

Pennsylvania Avenue Crime Camera Expansion Program
Recipient: City of Baltimore, Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice
Address:  100 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will be used to install additional surveillance cameras, which are a critical tool in preventing and solving crimes.

SEED School of Maryland Student Life Project:
Recipient: The SEED School of Maryland
Address:  200 Font Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21229
Amount Requested: $850,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it provides at-risk children comprehensive life skills training and wrap-around support from the end of the school day to when students return to class in the morning.

U.S. Dream Academy Mentoring Project:
Recipient:  The U.S. Dream Academy
Address:  10400 Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300, Columbia, Maryland 21044
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it provides help expand its academic achievement, mentoring and after-school programs for children of incarcerated parents.

Youth Development, Treatment & Prevention:
Recipient:  Total Healthcare
Address:   1501 Division Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will establish a program aimed at youth to educate, treat and prevent substance abuse in the West Baltimore Area.  The program will be used to conduct counseling, prevention and early intervention programs from the site and throughout the community.

FY2011 DEFENSE

Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Digital Technologies
Recipient: AdMeTech Foundation
Address: 4 Longfellow Place, Suite 3802, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose:  This research will develop advances in prostate cancer detection and screening that will pay dividends by decreasing the time and productivity lost to unnecessary screenings while simultaneously improving treatment for both military and civilian men and is therefore a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

Advanced Restoration Therapies in Spinal Cord Injuries
Recipient: Kennedy Krieger Institute
Address: 707 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this research will investigate promising techniques that will help service members, and civilians, lead better lives after suffering spinal cord injuries.

Institute of Applied Research
Recipient: Morgan State University
Address: 1700 East Cold Spring, Baltimore, Maryland 21251
Amount Request: $2,000,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this request will provide the infrastructure to improve and increase the labor supply in response to incoming BRAC jobs.

Nursing Clinical Simulation Center
Recipient: Coppin State University
Address: 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this it will significantly increase the supply of minority nurses for the Department of Defense. 

Security Solutions from Life in Extreme Environments Center (Consortium of Schools)
Recipient: University of Maryland, Baltimore
Address: Davidige Hall, 520 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project will fund needed research that will permit the design of new survivability applications and is therefore a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

University of Maryland Center for Advanced Cyber Security Research and Technology Development
Recipient: University of Maryland
Address: Main Administration Building, College Park, Maryland 20742
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose:  This research is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will advance our ability to protect both civilian and military computer networks, protecting us against very real Twenty-First Century threats to our national security.

FY 2011 ENERGY AND WATER

Baltimore Harbor and Channels, Maryland
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $25,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would fund the maintenance dredging of federal navigation channels leading to the Port of Baltimore as authorized by Section 101, River and Harbor Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-500) and Section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-611).  This funding is needed to support annual maintenance dredging requirements.


Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery
Recipient: University of Maryland, Baltimore,
Address: 520 West Lombard Street, Davidge Hall, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would support the University of Maryland – Baltimore’s Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery.  Funding would be used to support ongoing research and to purchase necessary equipment to further the study of nanomedicine and cellular delivery.


Center for Sustainability
Recipient: Coppin State University
Address: Center for Sustainability, 2500 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Amount Requested: $249,000
Purpose: This project will enable the Center for Sustainability at Coppin State University to conduct research assessing the impact on the soil and water in the Baltimore area of the use of coal-burning power plants. It is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enable undergraduate and graduate students to conduct research concerning the broader impacts of coal-burning power plants on ecosystems and human health.


Chesapeake Bay Marshland Project
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would study the transfer of dredged material from the proposed James Island site to the Blackwater Refuge at a rate the Refuge could accommodate to help restore lost marshland.  The Blackwater Refuge provides critical winter habitat for thousands of migratory birds and a year-round habitat for a number of endangered species.


Eastern Shore, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island, Maryland Restoration Project
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would support preconstruction engineering and design of a project that would utilize material dredged from the Port of Baltimore to restore island remnants in the Chesapeake Bay located one mile north of Taylors Island at the mouth of the Little Choptank River.


Energy Efficient Building Technologies
Recipient: University of Baltimore
Address: 1429 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $1,150,000
Purpose: The project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will contribute to the construction of a LEED certified platinum structure to serve as a national example of sustainable design and functionality. The project will reduce energy consumption and reduce University of Baltimore's reliance on City water services.


Intercoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $28,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would support the routine maintenance dredging of the C&D Canal under the jurisdiction of the Philadelphia District and the operation and maintenance of the Canal as authorized by Section 101, River and Harbor Act of 1954 (P.L. 83-780).  The C&D Canal is an essential part of the Port of Baltimore’s ship channel system, providing a shortcut for vessels transiting between Baltimore and points north.  Maintaining the channels at proper width and depth is essential for the efficient operation of the Canal.


Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Research and Development
Recipient: University of Maryland Baltimore County   
Address: The Columbus Center, 701 East Pratt St., Suites 3017-21, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $750,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the project will develop plastic strips containing new nanotechnology that will have a positive impact on public safety, tagging, and energy conservation efforts.


Morgan State University - Life Cycle Assessments of Historic Buildings
Recipient: Morgan State University    
Address: 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251
Amount Requested: $725,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the General Services Administration finds that energy costs in historic buildings are about 27% less than in non-historic structures. By establishing a repository of best practices in historic buildings, it will help ensure energy efficiency in existing and new structures.


Poplar Island, Maryland Project
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $22,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would fund the continuation of the Poplar Island MD Environmental Restoration Project as authorized by Section 537, WRDA 1996 (P.L. 104-303); Section 318, WRDA 2000 (P.L. 106-541), and Section 3087 of WRDA 2007 (P.L. 110-114).  The Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project Expansion in the Chesapeake Bay is currently a national model for the beneficial use of dredge material to support the restoration of a severely eroded island.


Thurgood Marshall College Fund Minority Science Fund
Recipient: Thurgood Marshall College Fund   
Address: 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 2204, New York, New York 10038
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will assist TMCF in recruiting minority students who will pursue careers in the sciences along with supporting the Department of Energy's efforts to recruit minority students who will pursue careers in the sciences.

FY 2011 FINANCIAL SERVICES

Environmental Sustainability and Global Competitiveness of Small Business 
Recipient: The University of Baltimore
Address: 1420 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $750,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would allow the university to expand its services at the Merrick School of Business to train small businesses and nonprofit organizations in developing business initiatives that address issues of sustainability—helping the environment through clean products, providing social benefits to communities and reducing the total carbon impact of their operations. 

Franklin Entrepreneurial and Apprenticeship Center
Recipient: Druid Heights Community Development Corporation 
Address: 2140 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Amount Requested: $200,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funds would be used to support a state of the art training facility for youth and adults. The entrepreneurial and apprenticeship programs will target youth and unskilled individuals in the building trades and business development to encourage self-empowerment and sufficiency. The program design will take a methodical three-pronged approach to address social and economic issues that affect the local residents as well as provide opportunities for others in the community.

GROW Center (Generating Real Opportunity for Work)
Recipient: The Community Law Center
Address: 3355 Keswick Road, Suite 200, Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would assist GROW centers in integrating workforce development, community investment, business development, neighborhood stabilization, and government procurements to create sustainable living-wage jobs, and healthy communities. These centers will train and place out of work residents in jobs that help to rebuild their communities, while providing supportive services, financial education and advance training to support residents in achieving career goals and upward mobility.

Heritage Tourism and Community Economic Development Program
Recipient: National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Address: 1601 East North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21213
Amount Requested: $750,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would allow the museum to develop a highly skilled pipeline of employees for the growing tourism industry in the community.  This project provides a museum setting in which youth can work and perform actual job functions central to the tourism and museum industries, including exhibition and collection maintenance, customer service, program planning and development, and historical research.


Howard County Initiative for Small and Minority Business
Recipient: Howard County Government
Address: 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Amount Requested: $300,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because funds would allow Howard County to develop initiatives aimed at spurring job creation for small businesses and minority businesses by establishing a program that works extensively with the local business community in developing tangible goals that address identified challenges to ensure that small and minority businesses are successful in obtaining contracts from public and private entities.
 

FY 2011 INTERIOR
 

Chlorine Handling Safety Improvements
Recipient: Baltimore City Department of Public Works
Address: 600 Abel Wolman Municipal Building, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will convert the chlorine gas systems in use at several drinking water pumping stations and at the Montebello Water filtration Plant to systems using sodium hypochlorite for disinfection.

Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant Biological Nutrient Removal and Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade
Recipient:  Maryland Department of Environment
Address: 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Amount Requested: 500,000
Purpose: This is valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will upgrade the nutrient removal technology at the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant.


USGS- Comprehensive Assessment of Maryland’s Water Resources
Recipient: Maryland Department of Environment
Address: 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide support to the State of Maryland to manage growing water demands for finite fresh water resources through study and modeling of the response of Maryland’s hydrologic/ecologic systems to water withdrawals.

Watershed 263 Urban Forestry Demonstration Project
Recipient: Parks & People Foundation
Address: 800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010, Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Amount Requested: $250,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will reduce non-point source water pollution and improve quality of life in Baltimore neighborhoods using innovative forestry projects in a storm shed affecting the Chesapeake Bay.

FY 2011 LABOR, HEATH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION

Career Connections
Recipient: Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Address: 417 E. Fayette Street, Suite 468, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will link out of school youth and unemployed young adults to a full range of educational and personal support services in a safe and nurturing environment.

Center for Teacher Excellence: Urban Education Corridor
Recipient: Coppin State University
Address: 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will address the shortage of teachers in critical workforce areas and address educational inequities and extend comprehensive services to the community.

Environmental Science and Math Training for Maryland Teachers
Recipient: Maryland Zoo
Address: 1876 Mansion House Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it works with educators to provide environmental lessons that increase student achievement in science and math.

Green Tech Job Training
Recipient: Greater Baltimore Urban League
Address: 512 Orchard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: 250,000
Purpose:  This is a value use of taxpayer funds because it will train local residents to become certified Energy Auditors.

Healthy Howard Health Plan
Recipient: Healthy Howard, Inc.
Address: 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it funds will allow the program to provide services to its target population—the working uninsured.

Healthy Start’s Hope Express Mobile Health Delivery Unit
Recipient:  Baltimore City Health Department
Address: 2521 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Amount Requested: $975,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the mobile service delivery component would strengthen and enhance Healthy Start’s current organizational capabilities by allowing the organization to treat hard to reach clients by making services more accessible.

Maryland General Hospital-Emergency Room Expansion
Recipient: Maryland General Hospital
Address: 827 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Amount Requested: $500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will improve medical care in the West Baltimore Community by updating and expanding the emergency room.

Maryland Minority Health Observatory
Recipient: Morgan State University
Address: 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251
Amount Requested: $650,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would assess and monitor health needs and policies and programs impacting ethnic and minority populations.

Mid-Maryland Community College and Allied Healthcare Education Center
Recipient: Howard Community College
Address: 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Maryland 21044
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would help satisfy the State’s critical workforce shortage in healthcare providers.

Total Healthcare
Recipient: Total Healthcare
Address: 1501 Division Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose:  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it be used to expand critical care and radiology services.

Transformation School Initiative
Recipient: Baltimore City Public School System
Address: 200 East North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it supports the implementation and expansion of the transformation school model in current and newly opened schools.  
 

FY 2011 TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Baltimore Red Line, MD
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation/Maryland Transit Administration
Address:7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $14,500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project would support continued development of the Baltimore Red Line transit project, authorized in SAFETEA-LU.  The Baltimore Red Line, first identified and prioritized in the 2002 Baltimore Region Rail System Plan, represents the highest priority corridor within the Baltimore Region for potential transit improvements.  The Red Line will alleviate congestion, improve regional mobility, and offer expanded transportation alternatives through construction of a Light Rail Transit line in a heavily traveled 14-mile, east-west corridor encompassing Baltimore County’s Woodlawn employment and commercial centers; the downtown Baltimore Central Business District, including the University of Maryland medical and academic centers; residential, retail and commercial points in Inner Harbor East, Fells Point and Canton; and employment and medical institutions at the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus in East Baltimore.  A locally preferred alternative was selected in Summer 2009 and the project is seeking the Federal Transit Administration’s approval to enter the preliminary engineering stage and complete its final environmental impact statement.

I-70 Improvements, Howard County, MD
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address: 7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $2,100,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project would support safety improvements and capacity increases on I-70 between MD 32 and US 29, a highway experiencing increasing traffic volumes in Howard County, Maryland.  Through this project, I-70 will continue to be upgraded to Interstate standards.

I-695 Southwest, Baltimore County, MD
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address:7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project would support the replacement of structurally deficient bridges, including the I-695 Inner Loop bridge over MD 372 and the MD 144 bridge over I-695.  This project will also add an additional lane in both directions, improving safety and mobility.

Improvements to U.S. 29
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address:7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $3,100,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this funding would support the widening (from two lanes to three lanes) of northbound U.S. 29 from MD 175 to Seneca Drive, which will accommodate increasing traffic volumes and improve safety on this highway and ensure the northbound stretch matches the southbound stretch (which is already 3 lanes wide).

Intersection Improvements Around State Center, Baltimore, MD
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address:7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076
Amount Requested: $4,200,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project will improve midtown-Baltimore City intersections around a new Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at State Center, a central location in Baltimore that is home to a large State office building complex and served by multiple transit routes.  The TOD project will improve pedestrian connections among the existing transit services, support expanded retail facilities, and provide inviting green spaces.  However, according to a 2008 traffic impact study, the proposed development will severely impact throughput at 11 intersections surrounding State Center by the project’s 2019 completion date. The effects are expected to surpass the threshold for acceptable degradation.  The funding I am requesting would enable intersections to be upgraded to accommodate expected traffic flows associated with the State Center TOD.

MATOC Transportation Operations Improvement and Research
Recipient: University of Maryland
Address:Main Administration, College Park, Maryland 20742 
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the funding received through this request would support applied research to enhance mobility planning throughout the National Capital Region.  Specifically, researchers will advance the development of multi-modal integrated transportation data sharing systems to improve project planning and the management of existing systems.

MD 32 Improvements
Recipient: Maryland Department of Transportation
Address:7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project would support the reconstruction of MD 32 from MD 108 to I-70 as a 4-lane, access-controlled divided highway with a 34-foot median section.  These improvements will enhance safety and mobility on MD 32, which is carrying increasing traffic volumes.

Replacement of Franklintown Road Culvert Over Gwynns Falls
Recipient: City of Baltimore
Address:417 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Amount Requested: $850,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the project would support the replacement of the Franklintown Road Culvert over Gwynns Falls and associated stormwater management improvements.  The condition of the culvert is a public safety concern; reconstruction of the culvert will ensure the safety of travel along Franklintown Road and reduce the flow of sediment into Gwynns Falls.

Route 1 Corridor Revitalization in Howard County, MD
Recipient: Howard County
Address:3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland, 21043
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this project will help revitalize a recovery zone by supporting the design and implementation of streetscape and pedestrian/bicycle improvements on the Route 1 Corridor less than two miles from Fort Meade.

West Baltimore MARC Station Pedestrian Improvements
Recipient: City of Baltimore
Address:417 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Purpose: This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because these pedestrian improvements will enhance pedestrian circulation and access to a heavily used MARC station in West Baltimore that has very limited station facilities.  Funds will be used for improvements such as street crossing improvements, including signage and crosswalk striping, and the installation of measures to calm traffic on Franklin and Mulberry.  Funds will also be used to provide bicycle facilities at the station, and to develop striped on-street lanes and/or off street paths connecting the station to the adjacent neighborhoods.

Highway and Transit Long-term Authorization Funding Requests

Recipient
Maryland Department of Transportation
7201 Corporate Center Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
•    Authorize (Construction of) Baltimore Red Line, Maryland
•    Authorize (Construction of) Baltimore Green Line, Maryland
•    Reconstruct bridges along I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) Southwest, Maryland, $32 million
•    Design and reconstruct Edmondson Avenue Bridge over Gwynns Falls in Baltimore, Maryland, $25.6 million
•    Design and construct a parking facility at the West Baltimore MARC Station in Baltimore, Maryland, $5 million
•    Engineer and Construct Blandair Bridge over MD 175 (James and Patty Rouse Memorial Parkway) in Howard County, Maryland, $12 million
•    Design and reconstruct the Lafayette Avenue Bridge over Amtrak in Baltimore, Maryland, $16 million
•    Replace buses operated by Locally Operated Transit Systems in Maryland, $60 million
•    Research Support for the University Transportation Center at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, $1.5 million per year of the bill
•    Replace Maryland Transit Administration buses in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, $100 million
•    Design and construct a roundabout or other pedestrian/traffic safety improvements at the intersection of Reisterstown Road, Park Heights Avenue, and Druid Park Drive in Baltimore, Maryland $7.6 million
•    Rehabilitate and Widen Rolling Road from Windsor Boulevard to Liberty Road, $8 million
•    Design and construct sections of freeway cap above the US 40 trench between Pulaski Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for the purposes of pedestrian connectivity, stormwater management, and environmental mitigation in Baltimore, Maryland, $11.2 million
•    Design and construct resurfacing and streetscape improvements on North Avenue between Charles Street and Aisquith Street and on Greenmount Avenue between North Avenue and 25th Street in Baltimore, Maryland, $4.8 million
•    Design and construct resurfacing, streetscaping, and parking facility improvements around the East Baltimore Life Sciences Park in Baltimore City, Maryland, $5 million
•    Authorize (construction of) Charles Street Trolley, Baltimore
Recipient
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
•    Construct National Gateway double-stack clearances to facilitate the movement of intermodal freight - OH, PA, WV, MD, DC, VA, $194 million
Recipient
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20590
•    Research New Rail Tunnel Alignment in Baltimore, Maryland, as Authorized by Division B of P.L. 110-432, Title III, Section 304, $60 million.

 

Water Resources Development Act Funding Requests

•    Project 111-MD-7th-001: Construct Eastern Shore, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island. Restore James/Barren Islands through beneficial use of dredged material.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-002: Update Dredged Material Management Plan so that Hart Miller Island shall not be used in the Base Plan for calculation of disposal costs. 
•    Project 111-MD-7th-003: Strengthen and expand the Chesapeake Bay Envir. Restoration and Protection Program, established in Sec 510 WRDA 1996.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-004: Maintain Dundalk West Access Channel and Seagirt-Dundalk Connecting Channel at 50’ depth, and Seagirt West Access Channel at 45’ depth.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-005: Restoration and improvement of flood control structures and environmental habitat at Druid Hill Park.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-006: Authorize design, construction, & operation of an innovative reuse facility at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment site.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-007: Authorize evaluation of the Maryland Tributary Strategies and Coastal Bays to support development of project-specific restoration plans.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-008: Modify study authority for Chesapeake Bay Shoreline Erosion, MD, VA, DE to allow the Corps to implement projects on federal lands.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-009: Amend the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island, Maryland project to include a study of recreational opportunities associated with the project.
•    Project 111-MD-7th-010: Implement pilot demonstration project for protection and restoration of wetlands habitat in Blackwater Wildlife Refuge at full Federal expense.