I-95 Express Toll Lanes
The major project going on along I-95 is inteneded to eventually allow an express toll lane to be added in the c center of the general propose (free) lanes, from Baltimore City to the Delaware line. The overall project has 4 phases:
- Section 100, I-95/I-895 split to New Forge Rd
- Section 200, New Forge Rd to MD 22 (through Kingsville area)
- Section 300, MD 22 to MD 222
- Section 400, MD 222 to Delawere line
Section 100 is fully funded, planned, and under construction. Section 200 through Kingsville is in the early study phases, involving the examination of alternatives, but nothing has been funded for construction.
The alternatives study is online and only addresses improvements to the existing interchanges (all in Harford County). It does not mention any plans in the Kingsville area except for the construction of some sound abatement walls, although there will certainly be a replacement of the Bradshaw and Raphel Rd bridges. The state determines their length, but it will be up to the County to determine how wide these bridges need to be, that is, whether or not they need to be 4 lanes.
There is also an associated project to relocate the I-95 maintenenance facility from MD 543, which will be displaced by the project. The Rutkowski farm was purchased for this purpose. The maintenance facility itself requires about 10 acres, so the remaining 57 acres will be the site of forest mitigation, that is, much of it will be replanted with trees. There may be a salt storage building on-site, and the vehicle cleaning operation will require waste water treatment and disposal. Of course, there is still a possibility that the MTA will swap this 67-acre property with the 27-acre Schmidt property, since it would be more convenient for the maintenance facility to be closer to I-95 (and less of an impact on Kingsville).
More information concerning Section 200 can be found here.
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