Delaney Joins Officials, Business Leaders in Launching Fix I-270 Now Coalition

GERMANTOWN – Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) joined federal, state and county officials in Germantown to announce the launch of the Fix I-270 Coalition, a bipartisan initiative featuring federal, state and local officials and local business leaders to widen and improve traffic conditions on I-270. Congressman Delaney, a national leader on infrastructure issues and the author of bipartisan legislation to dramatically expand federal transportation investment using revenues from international tax reform, is the Honorary Chairman of the effort.

“The terrible traffic conditions on I-270 are a daily dilemma and a nightly nightmare for Marylanders,” said Congressman Delaney. “The gridlock and endless congestion on I-270 is one of the biggest problems facing Maryland, severely impacting the quality of life and economic competitiveness of one of our most critical job-creating regions. I’m proud to Chair the Fix I-270 Now Coalition because we can’t wait any longer and we can’t accept minor fixes, we need big transformative improvements to I-270. Fixing I-270 will require all of us working together – federal, state, local governments, as well as the business community – and that’s why this coalition is so important.”

The Fix 270 Now Coalition is a broad-based coalition of civic, business and elected officials supporting a comprehensive, multimodal set of solutions to the severe traffic congestion along the I-270 corridor. As a first step, the coalition is calling for the completion of necessary feasibility studies from the state that are required to begin the process and to secure federal funding.

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