Express Toll Lane Update Planned In Perry Hall

PERRY HALL, MD — If you noticed more traffic than usual on Interstate 95 between Baltimore and Harford counties, it may be from the I-95 Express Toll Lane Northbound Extension project. Transportation officials will update the community on the project at two upcoming meetings. One of the sessions will be in Perry Hall on Monday, Aug. 5, and the other is set for Abingdon on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The same information will be provided at both meetings, according to host the Maryland Transportation Authority.

While there will not be a formal presentation, the Maryland Transportation Authority reports its program team will be on hand to field questions and share updates.

Information will be provided about the following, according to officials:

• Proposed safety and capacity improvements along I-95
• Overpass replacements at Clayton and Abingdon roads
• New park and ride at MD 24/924 and the relocated MD 152 park and ride
• New noise wall locations

The meeting in Perry Hall will be 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, at Perry Hall High School, 4601 Ebenezer Road, Nottingham, MD 21236.

In Harford County, the meeting will be 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School, 2706 Philadelphia Road, Abingdon, MD 21009.

Those who need special accommodations should call 711 (Maryland Relay) at least 48 hours in advance.

What Is Going On With The Toll Lanes?

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in December announced plans to extend the express toll lanes that stop near I-95 at MD 43 into Harford County, so they continue until the exit for MD 24.

The $210 million project will add 7.75 miles to the express toll lanes and improve the highway by reconstructing overpasses and adding capacity.

As the Old Joppa Road and Bradshaw Road overpasses are being redone, both roads will be closed during construction. The Bradshaw Road work is expected to run from January 2019 to July 2020, while the Old Joppa Road portion is slated for May 2019 to September 2020, officials initially reported.

Four noise walls will be installed as part of the toll lane extension project.

In addition to the toll lanes, authorities say a fifth lane will be added to I-95 from Little Gunpowder Falls to MD 152 to MD 24.

The project calls for modifying the MD 24/MD 924 ramp as well.

The express toll lanes will be complete by December 2022, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

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