Showing posts with label Smart Growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smart Growth. Show all posts

Monday, October 31, 2011

ERIC JAFFE - The Atlantic Cities: Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl


Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl

Maryland's Governor Explains his War on Sprawl
Flickr/Governor Martin O'Malley
Maryland is running out of space. For decades now, a trend toward low-density development - in a word, sprawl - has created a lifestyle threatens the state's farmland, cities, and the Chesapeake Bay. An antidote has arrived in the form of PlanMaryland, a statewide smart growth plan that encourages the development of high-density residential pockets along established lines of infrastructure. The hope is that this effort will produce a  stronger Baltimore-Washington mega-region, and a more sustainable quality of life.
Over the past three years the state's Department of Planning has collected comments from thousands of residents and produced two drafts of the plan. The public feedback period will endin early November, at which point the department will prepare a final version for submission to Gov. Martin O'Malley. On the eve of this long-awaited step forward, O'Malley spoke to Atlantic Cities about the perils of sprawl, the promise of density, and the state's city-centric future.
"This is kind of wonky stuff," he says. All the more reason to get to it...
Eric Jaffe is a contributing writer to The Atlantic Cities and the author of The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America. He lives in New York. All posts »

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Route 32 improvements opposed years ago

Route 32 improvements opposed years ago

September 15, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff

Years ago, the improvements to, what is now deemed to be a dangerous portion of, Route 32 in Carroll and Howard Counties, were vigorously opposed to by proponents of Smart Growth and environmentalists.

Actually, those who wanted to improve the stretch of highway cited safety as the one of the biggest reasons.

I just checked through my history-research files and I don’t seem to have any the newspaper articles that referred to the opposition.

I would be curious as to what is the current position of the folks who have opposed the improvements, now that the loss of life continues to escalate?

Does anyone out there in the Maryland blogosphere remember the opposition and do you have any of the articles available?

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Howard County executive calls governor to press for Route 32 improvements
Renewed demands follow second fatal crash in three months

By Mike Santa Rita Posted
http://explorecarroll.com/news/3410/route32/ 9/14/09

A fatal three-vehicle collision on Route 32 near the Carroll County line Thursday has reinvigorated support for fixing a stretch of road that nearby residents have long described as dangerous.

Howard County Executive Kenneth Ulman said Friday he had called Gov. Martin O’Malley within hours after the fatal crash to press for immediate improvements along the road, which is state-owned and maintained.

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http://explorecarroll.com/news/3410/route32/

20090915 sdosm Route 32 improvements opposed years ago
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