MDOT - Maryland Department of Transportation

10/07/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/08/2025 09:04

Maryland Department of Transportation Visits Worcester, Somerset and Kent Counties as Part of Statewide Transportation Tour

Officials Outline Six-Year Draft Capital Budget and Provide Local Project Updates

​HANOVER, MD (October 7, 2025) - Maryland Transportation Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle met today with officials from Worcester, Somerset and Kent counties to discuss the Department's Draft Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2031. The spending plan calls for a $21.5 billion, six-year investment in projects and programs aimed at enhancing safety, maintaining the state's transportation system to keep it in working order and driving economic growth.

"Listening and engaging with local elected leaders and Marylanders is critical in successfully delivering the state's capital program," said Acting Secretary Biddle. "The feedback we receive helps us to better serve the State and deliver a program that aligns with our shared goals to uplift communities and enhance connections to opportunities."


Safety is the Maryland Department of Transportation's top priority. The Department's Serious About Safety initiative is reflected in the Draft CTP, with projects that prioritize the safety of all users, including pedestrians and bicyclists. Serious About Safety builds on the Department's progress and accelerates work toward the state's vision zero goal to save lives and bend the curve on the number of fatalities and serious injuries on Maryland roads. To view the full Draft FY 2026-2031 Consolidated Transportation Program, go to ctp.maryland.gov​ .

At Tuesday's meetings, transportation officials offered details and updates of several projects and programs affecting Worcester, Somerset and Kent counties. In addition to Acting Secretary Biddle, several other transportation officials attended the meetings and provided updates including officials with the State Highway Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, Maryland Aviation Administration and Maryland Transportation Authority.

State Highway Administrator Will Pines highlighted the agency's commitment to move forward with multimodal projects that improve safety, accessibility and mobility statewide for all users - motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and highway workers.

Administrator Pines noted progress on the multi-phased rehabilitation of the US 50 Bridge in Ocean City while planning is advancing on the MD 90 Ocean City Expressway project from US 50 to MD 528. In Kent County, crews are in the final stages of the $14.6 million-dollar replacement of the US 301 Chester River Bridge. The bridge will be open to traffic this fall.

State Highway recently completed multiple resurfacing projects in the region, including along sections of US 50 and US 113 in Worcester, and in a 2.5-mile segment of MD 299 and 1.5 miles of MD 446 in Kent County. In Somerset, this fiscal year State Highway will resurface sections of US 13 southbound, MD 363, MD 822 and MD 388.


Among other important local investments in the Draft Consolidated Transportation Program:
  • Funding to advance work on the 12-mile shared-use trail from Westover to Crisfield along MD 413 in Somerset, including design for the section between Marion Station to Kingston and construction on the phase from Kingston to Westover.
  • Investments of $5.34 in grants so support local transit operations provided by Shore Transit in Worcester and Somerset counties, in conjunction with Wicomico County, including preventative maintenance, mobility management and two small buses.
  • In Ocean City, $4.1 million for local transit operations, including preventative maintenance, two articulated buses and one small bus.
  • In Kent, $1 million in grant to support local transit operations provided by Delmarva Community Transit.
  • The Ocean City Municipal Airport is receiving $602,000 in Fiscal Year 2026. The funding, through the Maryland Aviation Administration's Statewide Aviation Grants program, will support taxiway pavement reconstruction.

The meetings were part of the Maryland Department of Transportation's tour of all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City to discuss the funding plan and receive input from local officials and the public. The tour continues into November. Dates and locations for upcoming sessions can be found here​ . The schedule is subject to change and will be updated as needed throughout the process.

The six-year Draft CTP outlines capital investments in each mode funded by the Transportation Trust Fund: Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, State Highway Administration and The Secretary's Office, as well as Maryland's investment in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Maryland Transportation Authority's toll facilities are financed, constructed, operated and maintained with toll revenues paid by customers using those facilities.

Following the tour, the Maryland Department of Transportation will finalize the Draft CTP and submit the Final Fiscal Year 2026-2031 CTP to the Legislature in January for consideration during the 2026 General Assembly session.

MDOT - Maryland Department of Transportation published this content on October 07, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on October 08, 2025 at 15:04 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]