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MDOT Insider is back here with the latest updates on transportation projects and initiatives across Maryland!
MDOT, DNR present archaeological findings about Newtowne’s enslaved community
Discoveries of items ranging from Native American pottery to tobacco pipe stems are providing clues about how enslaved Africans and African Americans lived on a former Jesuit Plantation in St. Mary’s County. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), in...
MDOT, DNR dig uncovers hidden history of industrial slavery at two small cabins at Elkridge Furnace site
Two cabins on the historic Elkridge Furnace site in Howard County likely housed enslaved workers in the 1850s. That’s the conclusion of Dr. Julie Schablitsky, Chief of Cultural Resources at the Maryland Department of Transportation. In a partnership with the Maryland...
MDOT SHA archaeologists work to unearth possible homesite of Harriet Tubman’s father
As fog burned off the wetlands at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge one recent morning, Dr....
MDOT Secretary Greg Slater commemorates Transit Driver Appreciation Day
I want to wish all of our drivers at the MDOT MTA and MDOT MAA a happy Transit Driver Appreciation...
Eagles return to MDOT MPA’s Masonville Cove
For the third consecutive year, a pair of bald eagles have chosen the Masonville Cove...
The Port of Baltimore and Domino Sugar have a “sweet” relationship
The iconic Domino Sugar sign adds a red neon glow to the Baltimore skyline every night. As one of the largest sugar companies in the United States, Domino is the primary reason why the Port of Baltimore has been consistently ranked among the top U.S. ports for...
MDOT MVA reopens select branches for appointments across the state
The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA) reopened select branches Monday morning as part of the state’s effort to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a dozen branches across the state reopened to serve customers by...
MDOT assists MDH on Hospital Surge Task Force
Mark Crampton is used to managing transportation projects. But these days, the assistant secretary for operations at the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been focusing more on medicine than transportation. Since mid-April, Crampton has been working...
MDOT MVA delivers by issuing CDLs so truckers can deliver goods to Marylanders
Nearly 93 percent of Maryland communities depend exclusively on trucks to deliver goods that residents and businesses rely on in their daily lives. But the trucking industry is facing a shortage of commercial drivers, said Louis Campion, president and CEO of the...
Highway response teams continue to help motorists during pandemic
It was a chilly spring morning when a driver with the MDOT State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) came across a disabled vehicle on the side of I-695. While the disabled vehicle wasn’t unusual – CHART personnel...