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The Maryland State Highway Administration has decided to cut back on environmental mitigation projects it had planned for the Intercounty Connector (ICC). Prince George's County Council Chairman Tom Dernoga has written a letter to the SHA to protest these cuts.
In 2009, when the Maryland General Assembly was debating Senate Bill 753/House Bill 27 that would have defunded the ICC, these environmental mitigation projects were frequently used as justification for the highway. One politician who did this was State Senator Richard Madaleno (D-18).
The Anacostia Watershed Citizens Advisory Committee has written a letter to Senator Madaleno asking him to work with the other General Assembly members representing the Anacostia watershed to see to it that all the projects are carried out as originally envisioned, given his past use of these projects to support the highway.
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Seeded on Sat Jan 2, 2010 9:30 PM EST
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Well...was it in writing? My experience in government led me to two irrevocable tenets: CYA and "If it's not in writing it doesn't exist."
SHA may have backed off of any number of environmental mitigation features in its enthusiasm to grow without paying the associated costs. Budget austerity provides a new excuse.
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