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		<title>On the Bus, not the Rails, for Cecil County Commuters: State Stalls MARC Plans Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County commuters will get a new bus service—and maybe even a seat if Delaware travelers haven’t snagged them all—to reach the commuter rail station in Perryville, but extending the rail line to Elkton and beyond is being stalled yet again, state transportation leaders told Cecil County officials recently. And state officials dismissed a growing clamor by local elected officials, from State Sen. Steve Hershey (R-36), Perryville Mayor Jim Eberhart, and County Council members to alleviate traffic nightmares and rush-hour jams on roads near the Hatem Bridge by allowing Hatem EZ passes to be used on the I-95 Tydings bridge over the Susquehanna River during rush hours. Secretary of Transportation Pete Rahn was accompanied by a gaggle of state roads and transit officials, including one who apparently thought the Aberdeen Proving Ground was in Cecil County as he touted a new Baltimore to APG commuter bus line. (Uh, wrong county, wrong direction to benefit Cecil commuters…) Cecil County leaders and Elkton town officials have long sought extension of the MARC commuter rail line, which now ends in Perryville and is the only passenger rail gap in the entire Northeast rail corridor. Re-instating service to Elkton, and extending service into nearby [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Pushes No Cash Tolls at Cecil County&#8217;s Hatem Bridge, Fines for non-EZ Pass Drivers; Del. Rudolph to Push Law to Keep Cash Tolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long battle royale over boosted tolls at the Hatem Bridge that links Cecil County to the rest of Maryland has taken on a new twist: the state wants to eliminate cash toll payment lanes and force motorists to use electronic EZ Pay transponders—or face a $12 fee, including a $4 penalty over the current $8 cash toll. But Del. David Rudolph (D-35) said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation in the General Assembly to stop the state proposal in its tracks. Deborah Sharpless, deputy Executive Secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority, told the Cecil County Council on Tuesday that the state wants to eliminate the toll booths at the Route 40 span that links Cecil and Harford Counties as a cost-saving measure that would also improve traffic flow over the bridge. She justified the proposal by saying that 91 percent of the motorists now using the bridge pay tolls by EZ Pass electronic transponders. In 2011, the MTA proposed elimination of a traditional $10 a year decal for unlimited trips over the bridge and initially insisted upon a mandatory EZ Pass transponder plan that would have forced Cecil County residents to pay $36 a year, plus $1.50 a month [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatem Bridge Toll Hike Scaled Back; Cecil County to Harford Span to Keep $10 Annual Fee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s RIP for the Hatem Bridge discounted toll decal but Cecil County residents won a major victory Thursday with a revised state proposal that would keep the toll at $10 a year with a free EZ Pass transponder. The Maryland Transportation Authority is expected to approve the revised plan next week, according to state Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R-Harford-Cecil.) “I’m delighted, and a bit flabbergasted,” Jacobs told Cecil Times after the independent transportation panel backed down, during a worksession in Baltimore, from a massive toll hike plan that would have divided Cecil and Harford counties and imposed costly burdens on residents who use the Hatem Bridge over the Susquehanna River like a local street. Initially, the decals would continue for a year, until September 2012, under the revised plan. Then local residents would be able to obtain a free EZ Pass transponder with no monthly maintenance fees, and a $10 annual fee, the same as decals cost now. But that fee would double, to $20, in 2013. Jacobs said an important concern for many local residents had also been addressed: they will not need to have credit cards to obtain a Hatem-only transponder or pay the annual fee. Residents will be [&#8230;]]]></description>
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