VPP Projects Involving Tolls
Category: Priced Lanes
Sub-Category: Express Toll Lanes

Project - MARYLAND: Express Toll Lanes on Section 200 of the I-95/JFK Expressway in Baltimore

In 2005, FHWA and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) amended its Value Pricing Pilot program cooperative agreement to include further studies evaluating the possible implementation of variable tolls on selected state highways and toll facilities in the State of Maryland. The amendment allowed MDOT to study an integrated statewide network of facilities that have the potential to provide a comprehensive approach to making improvements to congested facilities that would allow MDOT to reduce travel delays and offer premium service.

The I-95 Section 200 Project Planning Study began in the fall of 2005. Three alternatives were considered; they include the No-Build, General Purposes Lanes and Express Toll Lanes (ETLs) alternatives. The ETLs Alternative would ease congestion and increase safety by making improvements to the mainline roadway, reconstructing bridges and interchanges, and adding ETLs to approximately a 10-mile stretch of I-95. The Section 200 ETLs would be immediately north of the Section 100 ETLs, providing a total of nearly 20 miles of ETLs.

Project Status

Signature of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is anticipated in early 2011. As far as design and construction, there are no funds programmed for these phases, nor is it anticipated that funds will be available any time soon.

For More Information Contact

Melissa Williams
Planning Manager
Maryland Transportation Authority-Capitol Planning Division
Phone: (410) 537-5651
E-mail: mwilliams9@mdta.state.md.us

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