State transportation, Harford officials meet to discuss $19.9 billion in county projects

Maryland Transportation Secretary James F. Ports Jr. and other Maryland Department of Transportation officials met with Harford County leaders Monday to discuss MDOT’s draft for the six-year Maryland Consolidated Transportation Report for fiscal years 2023 through 2028. The draft of the report – which in a news release Ports called the “largest six-year capital transportation budget ever” – spends $19.9 billion to “replace and repair aging infrastructure, expand transit opportunities, support Maryland’s economic recovery and preserve and expand the state’s transportation network,” according to a MDOT news release.