Anne Arundel County Executive Says He’s Willing To Comprise As State Highway Officials Continue To Push For Third Span On Bay Bridge

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Backed-up postulation and anxious travelers, it’s nary question, postulation connected the bay span tin beryllium a nightmare.

“It’s each the clip I unrecorded close present and I mean I can’t adjacent get to schoolhouse sometimes,” said operator Sarah Jay.

READ MORE: Researchers From University Of Maryland's School Of Public Health Find COVID-19 Variants Are More Becoming Airborne

“In the summertime during the Wednesday-Friday, I’ve been retired present for 2 to 3 hours,” said operator Wayne Hemstetter.

But the program to hole the occupation is inactive connected hold.

Back successful April, the state’s five-year, multi-million dollar survey recovered the champion mode to easiness congestion is to physique a 3rd span adjacent the existing bridges.

But for months, authorities road officials person been battling Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman implicit the plans.

“We conscionable person to beryllium wide that we are not going to enactment a 3rd span implicit Sandy Point State Park and person large biology demolition arsenic a effect of that,” said Pittman.

READ MORE: Montgomery County Announces Fourth Annual Active Aging Week

Tuesday, Pittman called for a compromise.

“What we privation is the replacement of aging infrastructure and that replacement infrastructure accommodates the postulation travel successful the corridor. We tin enactment gathering a caller bridge,” said Pittman.

Pittman said he’s already talked to Governor Hogan who has been pushing to physique a 3rd span for years.

“It would easiness up connected the postulation a small spot backmost and forth,” said driver, Jim Melka.

But immoderate neighbors deliberation different span volition lone marque things worse.

“There’s truthful overmuch postulation astir present you can’t spell anyplace you can’t unrecorded beingness connected the weekends you can’t bash thing really,” said Sarah Jay.

MORE NEWS: MDOT State Highway Administration Launches New Project To Enhance Bicycle Safety

It is unclear erstwhile oregon whether this task whitethorn start. Highway officials are inactive conducting much studies earlier immoderate enactment tin begin.

Kelsey Kushner