Safety Benefits Key; One of Several Similar MD 2 Improvements in Southern Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) today announced the start of safety improvements at the MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) at MD 255 (Owensville Road) intersection in southern Anne Arundel County. The $2.5 million project is the second of several planned intersection improvements demonstrating the State’s commitment to enhancing safety and traffic flow along the MD 2 corridor in southern Anne Arundel and northern Calvert counties. Utility relocation work recently began at the MD 2 / MD 255 (Owensville Road) intersection. This preliminary work will be followed by clearing, drainage improvements, widening, grading, resurfacing and restriping. Active construction work will begin spring 2014. When the project is complete in late 2015, southbound MD 2 motorists will use a new dedicated left turn lane and reconstructed through lanes and shoulders at the intersection. This is one of several left-turn projects planned within a 14-mile stretch of MD 2 in this area. Earlier this year SHA reconstructed the MD 2 / MD 423 (Fairhaven Road / Jewell Road) intersection, adding dedicated turn lanes on MD 2 in both directions. Similar improvements are also planned for […]
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