Resolving disputed BWI contract should fall to Moore administration

One of the more fortuitous decisions of the Maryland Department of Transportation in recent weeks was the choice not to seek final approval for the controversial multibillion-dollar contract to widen the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 with costly toll lanes until after Gov. Larry Hogan leaves office in January. That decision, announced on Nov. 17, may have been more a matter of necessity than choice, given some unresolved legal challenges, as well as the fact that federal authorities had not given their OK for the public-private partnership proposal, which would involve tolls as high as $22 per mile for tractor-trailers. But it also suits the political circumstances.