Politics & Government

Elkridge Community to Present 'Real Story' Behind Transportation Data

Constituents who fear they are being misled in Elkridge will discuss a proposed rail project with elected officials on Tuesday.

Weeks after with their  for a freight transfer facility, the Elkridge community is delivering a presentation of its own, critiquing those findings.

On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the to talk about what GECA termed “the REAL story,” in an announcement of the event.

“The goal is to show our residents the lack of transparency and information CSX has presented to us,” Howard Johnson, GECA president, said in an e-mail.

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CSX and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)  in Howard, Anne Arundel and Prince George's Counties, the counties containing the four candidate sites. Two are in Howard County—one at Hanover and Race Roads, the other at Montevideo Road near Dorsey Run Road.

Residents have questioned the as well as . Lack of transparency has been since the last round of public workshops, in April.

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GECA said it is soliciting input from residents and representatives at the meeting.

“The main message of the meeting is to provide our assessment of the material presented at the MDOT workshops,” said Drew Roth, wo helped put together a slide presentation with GECA’s findings.

The following officials have confirmed they will be attending, according to organizers:

  • Sen. Ed Kaseyemer
  • State Del. James Malone
  • State Del. Steven DeBoy
  • Councilman Calvin Ball
  • Councilwoman Courtney Watson
  • Representative for County Executive Ken Ulman (David Nitken)
  • Representative for Rep. John Sarbanes

CSX and MDOT have not announced any future milestones for the project, which is , and residents said they would like to keep the conversation about the rail project going.

“I'm hoping we will keep the community engaged and give our elected officials an alternate perspective from the story presented by CSX,” said Roth. “I think our representatives are lobbying for us; we are looking to give them information to use as ammunition.”


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