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That who double lane bypass is total overkill, costs tens of millions of dollars for literally no reason.[/quote]
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DP. As governor, Larry Hogan killed the Baltimore Red Line and redistributed the state funding to road projects in counties where he received a majority of votes, such as Garrett County. I think this is one of those road projects. https://roads.maryland.gov/mdotsha/pages/pressreleasedetails.aspx?PageId=818&newsId=3893[/quote]
First of all, [b]the red line money wasn’t redistributed because it never existed in the first place. [/b]The state had no viable plan to pay for it.

Second, investment in roads and particularly rural roads was a campaign promise that Hogan made and one that resonated with voters and was a big reason why he won. O’Malley divested significant state resources for roads, specifically and controversially cutting state funds to counties. Why shouldn’t Hogan implement the main thing that he campaigned on and had a mandate to implement?

Third, the fact that this specific interchange has you so mad says a lot about you and it’s not flattering.
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That's weird, because the Hogan administration put out a bunch of press releases about the projects they redistributed the money to, and those projects were then built. Maybe the contractors didn't get paid?[/quote]
Hogan removed the Red Line from the CTP during the planning stage. There was never an appropriation, the state never had the money to fund it and no federal funds were committed. [/quote]

Here is a list of the road projects that Hogan redistributed money for the Baltimore Red Line to, after he killed the Baltimore Red Line: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MDGOV/2015/06/25/file_attachments/402301/Project%2BFact%2BSheets%2B-%2B%2524845%2BNew%2Band%2B%2524625%2BPreserved%2B6.25.2015.pdf[/quote]
[b]No money was “redistributed” because no money was ever appropriated for Red Line construction[/b]. Furthermore, this amount was only a fraction of the overall Red Like cost. Lastly, did you miss the part about Hogan specifically campaigning on roads? Why should it surprise you that the first thing he prioritizes is roads? You seem both naive and anti-democratic. [/quote]

"The total of nearly $2 billion in roads spending will be financed in part from savings from not building the Red Line and from lower costs for the Purple Line, according to Erin Henson, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Transportation."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2015/06/25/a255fe8c-1b4d-11e5-93b7-5eddc056ad8a_story.html
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