Aug 23 2022 WJZ visits MDOT SHA Sign Shop WJZ's Marty Bass, as part of his "Where's Marty?" segment, explored how MDOT SHA makes gigantic and reflective highway signs at a very special workshop.
Apr 12 2022 WDVM: MDOT SHA Calls for Work Zone Safety Transportation officials have launched a campaign reminding drivers to “drive like you work here.” Data from the Federal Highway Administration in 2020 said that work zone crashes increased by 1.4% as 117 workers died across the country. Jan 29 2022 Baltimore Sun: Maryland transportation crews are using less salt, more brine on icy roads to protect waterways Crews treating state highways and county roads are expected to scatter less rock salt and spray more brine solution to melt ice on roads before and during Friday’s snowfall, a measure aimed at reducing the amount of sodium chloride that runs off highways and contaminates soil and groundwater...[MDOT SHA], part of the Maryland Department of Transportation, has used brine in addition to rock salt for more than 10 years, said Sherry Christian, a highway administration spokeswoman.
Jan 29 2022 Baltimore Sun: Maryland transportation crews are using less salt, more brine on icy roads to protect waterways Crews treating state highways and county roads are expected to scatter less rock salt and spray more brine solution to melt ice on roads before and during Friday’s snowfall, a measure aimed at reducing the amount of sodium chloride that runs off highways and contaminates soil and groundwater...[MDOT SHA], part of the Maryland Department of Transportation, has used brine in addition to rock salt for more than 10 years, said Sherry Christian, a highway administration spokeswoman.
Sept 7 2021 WMAR2: MDOT SHA Tackles Trash in Anne Arundel County The Department of Transportation State Highway Administration and Anne Arundel County is encouraging people to pick up their trash. They kicked off a litter pick-up campaign Tuesday to encourage others to do the same. They said if people pick up after themselves, and pick up trash they see in their areas, it could save the county a lot of money.
April 7 2021 NBC4: Historic Harriet Tubman Sites at Risk of Rising Seas on Eastern Shore This area “was never very dry, but it has never been as wet as it has today,” said Julie Schablitsky, the chief archaeologist for MDOT’s State Highway Administration. “Because of that, we're in a bit of a race against time to try and rescue these sites.” Oct 28 2020 Baltimore Sun: Archaeologists discover 300-year-old slave quarters on a Jesuit plantation in Southern Maryland Archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration have discovered a 300-year-old slave quarters on a Jesuit plantation in St. Mary’s County. The remains, which might date back to around 1700, were found buried in farm fields at Newtowne Neck State Park in Southern Maryland right by an 18th century brick manor once occupied by Jesuit missionaries.
Oct 28 2020 Baltimore Sun: Archaeologists discover 300-year-old slave quarters on a Jesuit plantation in Southern Maryland Archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration have discovered a 300-year-old slave quarters on a Jesuit plantation in St. Mary’s County. The remains, which might date back to around 1700, were found buried in farm fields at Newtowne Neck State Park in Southern Maryland right by an 18th century brick manor once occupied by Jesuit missionaries.