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May 12, 2021
MARYLAND- “It honestly reminds me of the beginning of COVID, like everyone was going to grocery stores buying toilet paper and all the necessities and its going to be the same thing I feel like,” Bella Robinson, a Salisbury resident, said.
The fallout from US Colonial Pipeline shutdown prompted by a cyber security attack has caused people to rush for the pump.
The pipeline accounts for 45 percent of all fuel used on the East Coast, but locally officials say there’s no need to panic.
“We have interacted with the suppliers that supply the diesel fuel and gasoline to the county and we’ve talked with them and there’s no concern about the supply this time,” David Shipley, Emergency Services Director for Wicomico County, said.
East Coast gas shortages prompting vacation worries
Gas shortages along the East Coast are prompting many to worry that they could threaten planned vacations.
WASHINGTON - Gas shortages being reported in the region are now leading some to question online whether they’ll get stranded driving to places like the Eastern Shore and Outer Banks for Memorial Day weekend. Shore and regional leaders are not sounding an alarming just yet.
AAA predicts over 37 million people will hit the roadways for the holiday vacation, as many people are looking to escape their quarantine locations – and many struggling businesses in the regions beach towns are hoping to receive customers.
Change is going to happen. Needs must be addressed. Stress is inevitable. It requires government attention, and ignoring change or needs is not conservative, frugal, or realistic. Nor is it inevitably unaffordable.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced he will remove all capacity restrictions on Maryland businesses starting Saturday. The only condition that will remain in place is the indoor mask order. Hogan also said 70% of adults are expected to be vaccinated by Memorial Day.
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Latisha Johnson is a transportation planner and graduate student at Morgan State University. Her interest in planning stems from a desire to create an inclusive, sustainable, and just built environment. Latisha is a North Carolina native currently living in Silver Spring.
Maryland s Controversial Highway Widening Proposal Scaled Back
Interstate 270, the Capital Beltway, will no longer by widened as part of the I-495/I-270 Managed Lanes Project. May 13, 2021, 6am PDT | James Brasuell |
Briana Adhikusuma reports: The Maryland Department of Transportation has removed the Capital Beltway from a plan to widen Interstate 270, after the broader plan drew months of opposition from local officials, residents and environmental advocates.
As noted by Adhikusuma, the project has faced numerous criticisms in recent years, as the project worked through its draft environmental impact statement and went out to bid. MDOT’s announced the change on Wednesday, saying there is a new recommended preferred alternative for the project’s first phase. The new alternative will only focus on construction of a new American Legion Bridge and two high-occupancy toll (HOT) managed lanes in each direction from I-270 to I-370, according to Adhikusuma.