A 79-foot Norway spruce from Elkton is on a journey to holiday fame. This is the first time a Maryland tree has been chosen as the 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The tree was cut down Thursday, November 11, at the residence of Devon and Julie Price, and...
Bryan Walker has had his share of close calls. As a Senior Emergency Response Technician for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), Walker spends his days helping motorists on the side of the road – traffic often whizzing by...
Most highway projects don’t require workers to rappel down a rock face. But the MD 135 slope stabilization work project isn’t ordinary. Since April, special teams hired by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) have been...
April is Work Zone Safety Awareness Month, and I’m asking everyone to truly listen to the messages coming from state departments of transportation across the country on this topic. I started with the Maryland Department of Transportation in the 1990s in the Plats and...
Deep in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on the Eastern Shore, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) has made an important archaeological discovery. On Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, MDOT Secretary Greg...
As fog burned off the wetlands at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge one recent morning, Dr. Julie Schablitsky trudged deep into the muck. Water inundated the roads. Phragmites grew alongside. Trees that are succumbing to rising waters – collectively called...
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) has completed the new Interstate 81 (Veteran’s Memorial Highway) bridges over the Potomac River in Washington County. The four-year, $104.6 million project improves safety and mobility,...
They never hesitated. Not when water on flooded highways was about waist-deep, not when torrential rain made conditions worse. Three Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) workers from the Leonardtown Maintenance Shop rescued two...
Surrounded by farmland in rural Dorchester County, the Bucktown Village Store looks much like it did nearly two centuries ago. A mutt named Chevy lies on the porch. Inside, groceries like soap, tea and baking powder line the shelves. And on a hot summer...
A new report issued by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) outlines potential regional transit services and ridesharing opportunities that could be possible if managed lanes are built along the I-270 and I-495...