
(Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox / July 23, 2009)
Battle lines form over $4.6 billion I-270 expansion proposal I-270. Business, environmental concerns set to clash over a proposed $4.6 billion widening of I-270
https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bal-md.cm.highway26jul26,0,6671255.storyoldId.20090728101323120

From Baltimore Sun:
What interest does Baltimore have in the I-270 corridor remaining the economic engine of the state forever? If it’s going to cost $4.6 billion to keep that engine purring, should Maryland be looking for a trade-in somewhere else? Maybe Baltimore?
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Begging your pardon, ma’am, but Baltimore Guy wants to know whether Montgomery couldn’t benefit from Baltimore or Prince George’s or Anne Arundel being more vibrant. Do you want to keep being Baltimore’s ATM, as another Montgomery advocate described the relationship?
https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bal-md.dresser27jul27,0,7855485.story