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Buses could use I-66 shoulders in 2014

Virginia is moving ahead with plans to allow buses to use Interstate 66 shoulders starting next year as a pilot project to reduce congestion along the heavily traveled corridor.

Tags: interstate 66, Interstate 270, public transportation, Ari Ashe, metropolitan council of governments, VDOT, transportation funding reform bill

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Md. highways mostly clear despite snow

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Mild winters gobble up snow budgets in Va., Md.

Much of the money set aside for snow cleanup in Virginia and Maryland has already been spent.

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2-year project on Cumberland I-68 project begins

The State Highway Administration says it's beginning a two-year project to renovate the Interstate 68 bridge over Cumberland.

Tags: The Cumberland Times-News, Interstate 68, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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Audit: Less than half of speeders got tickets

An audit of the Maryland State Highway Administration has found that citations were issued to less than half the drivers caught speeding in work zones during the first 9 months of the state's work-zone speed camera program.

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Md. warns of longer commutes because of Nor'easter

The Maryland State Highway Administration is urging motorists to plan for longer commute times because of a Nor'easter headed the state's way.

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Westbound I-68 reopens in western Maryland

The Maryland State Highway Administration says westbound lanes of Interstate 68 in far western Maryland have reopened after a 40-mile stretch was closed due to snow-related problems.

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Maryland highway work-zone crashes hit 10-year low

Based on data from the last three years, Maryland says fatalities in work-zone crashes decreased by more than half.

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Md. to fully reopen highway closed by mudslide

The Maryland State Highway Administration says it's fully reopening a state highway in the Catoctin Mountains that was closed by a mudslide 14 months ago.

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Md. installs crosswalk warnings at Deep Creek Lake

The Maryland State Highway Administration is making it safer for pedestrians to cross a busy highway at Deep Creek Lake in far western Maryland.

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