MDOT’s final open house is a not-to-be-missed in-person opportunity to urge MDOT to end the toll lane plan and take a fresh look at regional transportation needs. The Moore Administration says they want our input. Come and make your voice heard. Bring others with you. Show MDOT that opposition to the toll lanes is strong, determined, and growing.
MDOT Open House
Saturday, December 2, 10:00 am to 12 noon
Wootton High School, Cafeteria
2100 Wootton Parkway, Rockville
Know before you go:
Despite shiny repackaging, what the Moore Administration is pushing is Larry Hogan’s toll lane plan. MDOT’s federal grant application makes that clear.
Those good-idea public transit displays you’ll see in the Wootton cafeteria? They amount to unfunded distractions, since only 3% of the project’s budget is for public transit. Per a new Maryland Matters article, “…bus rapid transit on parallel routes or expanded commuter train service would come later, if at all.”
The toll lane plan would not relieve congestion except for the wealthiest few. The vast majority of us would experience increased bottlenecks, increased congestion and decreased safety.
The toll lane plan would “deepen racial and economic disparities” and cause great and lasting environmental and human health harm.
MDOT Open House. Maryland Matters, 11/21/23
Message to MDOT: Don’t impose this project on an unwilling public
The more the public learns about the toll lane plan, the more the public rejects it. A Washington Post poll showed majorities in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties oppose the project. An October 2023 letter to MDOT’s Secretary from the Prince George’s County Council rejected the toll lanes in favor of a multi-modal transportation network. The Frederick News-Post reported this month that State Delegate Kris Fair, “who sits on the Transportation Planning Board of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, said he’s heard a lot of ‘discomfort’ from constituents about the idea of managed lanes that would provide traffic relief for people who could afford them, but not for others.”
Tell MDOT what you think, then submit written comments
You’ll find MDOT questionnaires at the Wootton open house. Fill them out in whatever way best expresses your true opposition to the toll lanes. You can also provide comments online. Click here for the open house questionnaire. To submit free-form comments, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for the form.