4 Possible Bay Bridge Crossings in Calvert

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1. I found a different article to add to the discussion:

As Bay Crossing Options Surface, Anne Arundel Wants Say Over Potential 3rd Span

Lawmakers and residents of Anne Arundel County urged a Senate panel on Wednesday to give them the ability to veto possible construction of a new Chesapeake Bay bridge, arguing the two existing spans have already created significant impacts on local roads.

Sen. Edward R. Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) wants his constituents to have the same rights that nine Eastern Shore counties won from the state in the 1978.

Those nine counties were worried that a super highway carrying thousands of Washington, D.C.-area motorists to the beach would spoil the rural character of their communities.

Reilly’s bill was heard in the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, one day after a Maryland Transportation Authority image of more than a dozen potential new bay bridge alignments surfaced online.

Read more: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/02/13/as-new-bay-bridge-options-surface-anne-arundel-wants-veto-power-over-potential-3rd-span/