Items Tagged with 'Maryland'

Anne Arundel County, Md., firefighters evacuated Empire Towers in the Baltimore area. 

After decades of planning, setbacks and challenges, the 16-mile, 21-station Purple Line light rail system is set to finish over, under and through Washington, D.C.'s northern suburbs, offering the populated area a new transit link.

Maryland has relied on awareness campaigns to protect workers on highway projects.

Officials press for fixes to stormwater, roadway and transit design conflicts as early plans for $1B redevelopment remain under review.

Separate lawsuits claim delayed repairs and neglect resulted in release of hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage from the Potomac Interceptor pipeline earlier this year.

D.C. mayor’s declared disaster site gets additional federal help, while utility DC Water predicts repairs to finish in mid-March—but longer-term costs and impact concerns remain.

Officials approve recommended preferred design for replacement span, but the estimated $14.8B to $16B project is likely years away from construction.

Originally constructed in the early 1900s using materials recovered from dredging operations in nearby waterways, the seawall supports Farragut Field—a multipurpose outdoor space—as well as waterfront Brown Park.

To help the hospital keep pace with growing patient care needs, the team renovated and repurposed a recently decommissioned inpatient area into a dedicated 24-bed emergency department and behavioral health unit/crisis stabilization unit.

Developed to address the critical shortage of primary care physicians in rural communities, the 200,000-sq-ft, five-story facility features high-capacity learning environments