Maryland Traffic Relief Plan to Provide Opportunity

Maryland's Department of Transportation Traffic Relief Plan will offer opportunity to diverse firms based on a commitment and goal by the agency to provide outreach and assistance to firms with the desire to participate. Secretary Pete Rahn believes success in fostering DBE and MBE participation will have lasting positive impact on businesses in the Greater Washington, D.C. area that can be similar to results achieved on the I-64 project in St Louis, Missouri that is now called “The Missouri Model" by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).

The Greater Washington, D.C. area is widely known as one of most congested metropolitan areas in U.S., rivaling cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta for choking traffic both on the areas highways and main thoroughfares. This longstanding problem has existed for decades, but Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Transportation Secretary Rahn believe it is finally time to tackle this problem. “The time is now,” Rahn said. “This will break loose the choking congestion the D.C. area in Maryland is experiencing. This is part of an overall plan to free up roadways and improve quality of life; and keep the region economically viable as an attractive place to locate businesses.”