Decision on I-495/I-270 toll lanes contract delayed (November 17 2022)
US ACE public hearing announcement from July 21, 2022
Letter to USACE Baltimore District Regulatory Branch from January 19, 2022
WBFC Comments and Testimony on the SDEIS from November 30 2021
WBFC-495270MLS-Section106-Comment Letter on Plummers Island-2021-April9
Plummers Island Threatened by proposed Expansion of American Legion Bridge
Plummers Island is located immediately downstream from the ALB. The Island covers 12.2 acres of land, the widest part of of which is adjacent the American Legion Bridge.
The current American Legion Bridge Expansion proposal would cut across the Island, move or destroy the channel that separates the Island from the mainland, clear the trees and level a substantial part of the Island, clear the significant healthy native beech tree forest on the mainland side, destroy the wetlands associated with the island and mainland, and result in major infestations of invasive plants. If implemented this DEIS project would jeopardize future research on trends in biodiversity on the Island. One can see from the image below that the impact zone for the proposed expansion would cover half of Plummers Island.
WBFC Comments and Testimony to the DEIS from November 2020
Threats to Plumbers Island February 2021
Sierra Club Response to Beltway Expansion
Mayor Maglev of Greenbelt sends letter to Secretary Buttigieg
Images of Plummers Island under Flood Stage
Information on the Proposed Expansion
Flawed Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
Pushback on $11B Marlyand Beltway Expansion