MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELEASES $22.1 BILLION FINAL SIX-YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET
The Maryland Department of Transportation has released its $22.1 billion Final Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2031, outlining a balanced funding plan that prioritizes safety and reliability while driving economic growth statewide. The Final CTP is broadly consistent compared to the Draft CTP, thanks to Governor Moore’s leadership and the General Assembly passing about $400 million in additional transportation revenues last legislative session. The Department is utilizing these additional state dollars as a match to unlock more federal funding.
“The Final CTP builds on the Moore-Miller Administration’s goals to make transportation across the state safer, more reliable and more efficient while also increasing affordability, accessibility and resiliency,” said Maryland Department of Transportation Acting Secretary Katie Thomson. “This program will get transportation priorities back on track and rev up Maryland’s economy.”
The Final CTP includes the Department’s core commitments to construct US 15 and I-81 in Western Maryland, modernize the light rail system in Baltimore and rehabilitate the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal Berths 11-13, among others. Projects also moving to construction include complete street efforts for MD 97 in Montgomery Hills and MD 5 in St. Mary’s County, as well as key congestion reduction efforts for I-97 in Anne Arundel County. As part of the Department’s commitment to a new project prioritization process, the Final CTP also includes $10 million in Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 to support feasibility studies that will advance local and state priority highway, pedestrian, bicycle and transit projects through initial planning.
The six-year Final CTP outlines capital investments in each mode funded by the Transportation Trust Fund: Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, State Highway Administration and The Secretary’s Office, as well as Maryland’s investment in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Maryland Transportation Authority’s toll facilities are financed, constructed, operated and maintained with toll revenues paid by customers using those facilities and represent an additional $8 billion investment in the State’s transportation system in Fiscal Years 2026-2031.
To view the full Final Fiscal Years 2026-2031 CTP, go to ctp.maryland.gov. The Fiscal Year 2027 budget by the Governor requires approval by the Maryland General Assembly during the 2026 Legislative Session.
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