TJ bridge toll?

NorthBeachPerso

NorthBeachPerso

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spr1975wshs said:
Except, Brian "The Shadow" Crosby.
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And he's working hard every single day for all of you. Just ask him.

Just like this:
thebaynet.com

Del. Crosby: Time To Fund The County’s Highest Ranked Infrastructure Project - The BayNet

GREAT MILLS, Md. — The following letter was sent to the Editor of TheBayNet.com by Maryland State Delegate Brian Crosby[D-St. Mary’s]. Crosby was elected in 2018 to his first term in the legislature and is seeking re-election this year. “I have consistently fought for the reconstruction of the...
thebaynet.com thebaynet.com

And this:
https://thebaynet.com/delegate-cros...bfet5*_ga*YW1wLW1TZVlpd3BubmRrY3JCdUNqRGQtQlE. And he's working for me in this one.

My Gawd, he has huge ears.
 
gemma_rae

gemma_rae

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mdff2 said:
Imagine the increased traffic to get across the bay coming through Calvert. We would get all the Northern VA traffic passing through.
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I had some unrelated dealings with the head of the Maryland bridge authority some time back and that's a big part of it, road improvements and widening to handle increased traffic volume. As soon as the NIMBY folks hear about a proposed location they start showing up at meetings with pitch forks.

He said the bridge authority has been studying this for over 40 years, and that was 10 years ago!
 
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OccamsRazor

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gemma_rae said:
As soon as the NIMBY folks hear about a proposed location they start showing up at meetings with pitch forks.
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Typically that same people who cry and complain about so many "foreigners" moving in to their county yet, don't have a problem with the increased home and property values associated with the increased demand. Hypocrites!
 
woogie

woogie

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NorthBeachPerso said:
That's correct. Which is why it always gets thrown out first in the decennial studies about a new Bay bridge. The last study was just completed in the last year or so and determined the best place for a new crossing is...................................right where the current bridges are now.

And it's just not the cost for crossing the marshes (keeping in mind that the solid land that was supposed to be the eastern terminus of the bridge is now marsh where forty years ago it wasn't) but upgrading RTEs 2, 4 and 235 to handle the traffic.

Extra points if anyone can name who owned a lot, if not most or all, of the land on both sides of the Bay where a southern bridge would go.
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Louie Goldstien owned vast properties on both sides of the Bay and was pushing this project. He also was pushing a ferry from Reedville VA to the Eastern Shore. It resulted in MDOT coming over and requiring that Northumberland County VA install a traffic light in Callao VA (some 15 miles from Reedville VA) in their only intersection because "traffic density exceeded 6 vehicles in 30 minutes" and "delays would ensue without proper traffic regulation". As a result that county got its very first traffic light.

Guess what? No ferry but MDOT paid for the installation of that light! LOL!

Fun factoid: Reedville VA is considered a "port-of-entry" and thus actually has a US Customs Agent assigned to it! (must be a punishment assignment as it is in the middle of nowhere) Apparently due to the presence of the Menhaden factory down there and the fishing fleets coming in from the Atlantic waters.

The Eastern Shore Bridge was supposed to hit the Western Shore in Lusby in the vicinity of the existing Columbia Gas Plant.
 
ginwoman

ginwoman

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Grumpy said:
That's the guy...Met him in 88 when I moved to PF. I was gassing up in downtown PF and a town car pulled up on the other side of the pump island and a guy popped out to gas it up. I had a golden retriever puppy with me and he was standing on the drivers seat with his head out the window watching me. Back door of the town car opens and out steps this old white haired guy, he walked over to my car and asked "That be your dog?". I laughed and said yes and knew at that point it was Louie. He said I haven't seen you before, are you new to the area? I said yes, I moved in a couple weeks ago off of XXXXX Road. He said 'oh you musta bought the XXXXXX place'..Laughed again and said you're right. He introduced himself and I told him I thought that was you and I told him my name. He gave me one of his coins with "Bless y'all real good' on it and left. 3 years later I ran into him again in Giant when it first opened. He saw me, came up and said hi, XXXXX, how you liking it down here in Calvert. Floored me that he remembered my name..Amazing guy.
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What a cool story. Thanks for sharing it!
 
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