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What’s New at MDOT
MDOT Insider is back with the latest updates on transportation projects and initiatives across Maryland!

This Pothole Season, New “Hot Box” Makes Repairs Even More Efficient
Each year, winter brings the usual presents of cold, ice and snow. All of those elements can wreak havoc on the roads for days on end. But they can also leave a more lasting nuisance – potholes. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration...

All Aboard the Transit Merch Train!
Public transit has long been more than just a way to get around town. It’s a shared experience that connects people with their community. For those who appreciate the beauty of a Metro Subway map, the grandeur of Baltimore’s skyline, the charm of retro designs or the...
MDOT at Work: 5 Things You Need to Know
Welcome to 5 Things You Need to Know! This is a regular feature that will keep tabs on the...
Inside The Playbook – MDOT’s 2050 Maryland Transportation Plan
Zooming around Orbit City in their flying family car, The Jetsons, from the fictitious and...
Here’s What You Need to Know About Sinkholes
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is committed to helping...

Overlook dedicated to longtime MDOT employee
In a patch of woods not far from the BWI Rail Station in Hanover, a scenic overlook stands high up in the trees. Turtles, deer and other wildlife typically roam below the elevated wooden platform. On the walkway that leads there, transit riders and employees from...

Day in the Life of the Maryland Transportation Secretary
Port of Baltimore Executive Director Bill Doyle, MDOT Secretary Greg Slater and Governor Larry Hogan took a boat ride to watch new cranes get delivered to the Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port. (Photo by Joseph Andrucyk/Office of the Governor) As I headed into work...

Sec. Greg Slater: Every week is infrastructure week
May 10-14th was infrastructure week, but when you work in the transportation sector, every week is infrastructure week. A system of modern transportation infrastructure is critical for Maryland residents and businesses. That’s what we’re working hard to build at the...

MDOT Secretary Slater says we all have a role in ensuring Work Zone Safety
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...

Earth Day 2021: MDOT smart ponds use innovative stormwater management to help protect the Chesapeake Bay
As Sandy Hertz walked the perimeter of a small pond in Wicomico County one recent afternoon, a deer startled and bounded into the woods. Geese protected large eggs at the water’s edge. Frogs croaked and ribbited. And down a hill by the pond’s spillway, a tiny turtle...